Need to see women as nation-builders: Modi

Need to see women as nation-builders: Modi

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said people’s perspective towards women needs to change and they should be seen as “nation builders”. “We have so far seen women as home-makers, we need to see them as nation-builders now. That will change our perspective,” Modi said, adding the BJP would launch a […]

Modi denounces Congress over lack of PM candidate

Modi denounces Congress over lack of PM candidate

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday attacked the Congress for not naming a prime ministerial candidate, and said the country’s oldest party was falling apart. Speaking on the final day of a three-day leadership meeting here, Modi said the Congress had been allowed to rule India for six long decades, and it was time […]

Congress fears tea vendor from backward caste: Modi

Congress fears tea vendor from backward caste: Modi

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said the Congress was afraid of taking on a “tea vendor” from “a backward caste” in the coming Lok Sabha election. Addressing delegates on the concluding day of a leadership meet here, Modi blamed Congress president Sonia Gandhi for not making her son and party vice president Rahul […]

UPA rule has harmed ICT industry: Modi

UPA rule has harmed ICT industry: Modi

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Friday took a dig at the Congress-led government, saying the 2G scam affected the growth of the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in the country. “The speed at which India was progressing in the ICT field was badly hurt by this incident. It is a challenge to recover […]

Shinde promoting vote bank politics: Modi

Shinde promoting vote bank politics: Modi

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s letter directing chief ministers to be cautious while dealing with criminal suspects from the minority community amounted to vote bank politics and an attack on India’s federal structure, BJP leader Narendra Modi said here Sunday. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat chief minister was speaking at a pre-election […]

PM is of whole country, not a state, Raj Thackeray tells Modi

PM is of whole country, not a state, Raj Thackeray tells Modi

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Thursday criticised BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for continuously speaking about his own state, and asked him to adopt a broad, national outlook. Thackeray also hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying nobody was aware who were its leaders in Maharashtra. The MNS founder-president sought […]

Don’t weigh NRIs in dollars and pounds: Modi

Don’t weigh NRIs in dollars and pounds: Modi

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday said NRIs should not be “weighed in dollars and pounds” and their experience should be used to give new direction to the nation. “When we talk about NRIs, we think that they will bring dollars and pounds. Our Indian brothers and sisters should not be weighed in dollars […]

Major support for Modi among Indian Americans

Major support for Modi among Indian Americans

There is major support among the Indian American community for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while a growing number also support Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Admi Party (AAP), says Indian American Mohan L. Jain from Chicago. Jain, a delegate at the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the world’s largest annual gathering of people of Indian origin […]

I am an optimist: Modi

I am an optimist: Modi

Calling himself a thorough optimist, Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said the word “disappointment” is not in his dictionary. He was speaking as the chief guest at the foundation day celebrations of yoga guru Ramdev’s Bharat Swabhiman Trust in New Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium. “The word disappointment is not there in my […]