Friday, May 24th, 2019
PM Modi and Amit Shah meet BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi
On Friday Prime Minister Narendra Modi, together with BJP national president Amit Shah, called on the party’s senior leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, a day after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a decisive mandate to return to power at the Centre. Tribute to Joshi After meeting Joshi, Modi wrote on Twitter that the veteran leader was an outstanding scholar who had made a remarkable contribution to Indian education. He said Joshi had always worked to strengthen the BJP and had guided many party workers, including Modi himself.Read More
Lok Sabha 2019: India reposes faith in Narendra Modi as BJP crosses 300
The BJP achieved the target its most hopeful supporters had set during the long and bitter 2019 campaign, borrowing a slogan first used before the 2017 Uttar Pradesh election: “Ab Ki Baar, teen sau paar” (this time, more than 300). By midnight on Thursday the party had won or was leading in 303 of the 542 seats that went to the polls, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had returned to power for a second term. Why the BJP won The BJP raised its vote share to 37%, higher than inRead More
Shiv Sena says nobody can challenge Modi for the next 25 years
The Shiv Sena on Thursday heaped praise on Narendra Modi as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) appeared set to retain power comfortably, saying no one would be able to challenge him for the next 25 years. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party had often criticised the BJP over the past five years, but it eventually renewed its alliance with the BJP before the Lok Sabha election. What Sanjay Raut said Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who edits the party mouthpiece Saamana, said voters had given a fittingRead More