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| No consensus yet in NDA on presidency | | | |
NEW DELHI, MAY 15
The opposition NDA today authorised former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to name its candidate for the presidential elections in a sign there was no consensus within the alliance over BJP's preference for vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat for the post.
At an NDA meeting to discuss the opposition's candidate for the president's post, Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee even suggested Vajpayee could be fielded as a nominee for the job.
In the face of apparent differences, the BJP, which is believed to have opted for Shekhawat as the presidential candidate, then chose to avoid proposing his name for the nomination, alliance sources said.
Trinamool leader Dinesh Trivedi told reporters after a meeting at Vajpayee's residence that his party believed Vajpayee was the most suitable candidate for presidency given his seniority and calibre.
NDA covenor George Fernandes and senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra, however, said the opposition alliance had authorised the former Prime Minister to name a nominee for the presidential elections.
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| Oppn to lobby for Shekhawat across party lines | | | |
NEW DELHI, MAY 15
The main opposition BJP, which is believed to have decided to field Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat as its candidate for presidential elections, today appeared set to lobby across party lines to win support for its nominee.
Senior BJP leader L K Advani told his party MPs that he believed that an NDA nominee for the highest office stood a good chance of success if they made full efforts to ensure their candidate's election as the country's next president.
"An NDA candidate can succeed if you all try hard," his deputy in the Lok Sabha Vijay Kumar Malhotra, who did not name the BJP's choice officially, quoted him as telling party MPs.
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| | | | Inquisite Mumtaz makes it to APS | | | |
Jammu May-15
Mumtaz, a teenaged boy of the Gujjar community, from one of the terrorist affected village in Surankot Tehsil, a regular watcher of the Army’s anti terrorist operations in his village and the surrounding areas, has won the hearts of minds what led to his schooling in a reputed Army Public School in Punjab.
Unlike most of the others of his age, he chooses to see and observe rather than sea and shrug the anti terrorist activities going on in the border area of Surankot in Poonch district.
Mumtaz, was always inquisite of the equipment the Army columns carried.’How do two radio sets talk to each other’? ‘How do the bullet jacket works’? ‘Where are you from, how big is your... | |
| | | | 'Maya Memsahib' stirs up her foes | | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 15
The new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Mayawati, has herself emboldedned her political foes, just within one day after capturing the hot seat in Lucknow's Secretariat. On the eve of her party's big success in the Assembly polls, Mayawati--'Maya Memsahib' to many in and outside UP--had declared that she would "send all criminals to jail". And immediately after she was sworn in as the Chief Minister, she created a history of sorts: One of her hand-picked Ministers is already in jail, while 10 others face criminal charges.
The cat was out of the bag when the name of Anand Sen Yadav was announced as among the 19 Ministers of... | |
| | | | 'Divide Pakistan to eliminate terrorism': Jamaluddin | | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 15
Heard of Syed Jamaluddin? He is the mysterious France-based writer. What else? Jamaluddin has authored the controversial book titled 'Divide Pakistan to Eliminate Terrorism'.
Jamaluddin is currently being discussed in parts of Pakistan, particularly Peshawar. The reason: He has written to a number of Pakistani scholars and writers to urge them to read his work "dispasionately".
In an email addressed to "dear scholars and learned people", Jamaluddin drew attention to his book which was published in November 2006. As if unsure that he is being taken seriously, he sent a number of attachments with the email carrying news items, a... | |
| | | | Mangat Ram is ‘Jai Chand’ of today: BJP | | ‘Legislators shared eye-t-eye gesture to indulge Mangat, Kahjuria’ | | |
Jammu, May 15
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, twitched his eye. Transport Minister, Mohd Hakeem Yasin, got the hint. He twitched his eye to leader of the NC Legislature party, Abdul Rahim Rather. Rather too relied on the same gesture and exchanged a similar glance with Finance Minister Tariq Hamid Qarra. This went on from one legislator to another at a recent ‘All Party Meet’ held in Srinagar for clearing the decks for two political stalwarts from Jammu, Mangat Ram Sharma, Health Minister, and BJP President, Ashok Khajuria, to get engaged in a verbal duel.
This startling disclosure was made by Ashok Khajuria at a press conference in Jammu on Tuesday. Khajuria alleged that Azad and his... | |
| | | | Jammu deserves a minimum of 67 assembly seats: BJP | | BJP to move the Court in case any unconstitutional decision is imposed on Jammu: Khajuria | | |
Jammu May 15
The state Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) today has categorically emphasized upon the case of due political representation to Jammu and underlined that Jammu deserves at least 67 assembly seats in given situation as it has more population and is spread over larger area than that of Kashmir.
Advocating the case of Jammu region party’s state president Ashok Khajuria asserted that Jammu region deserves a minimum of 67 seats for Jammu and 41 for Kashmir in case 25 per cent seats are increased in Jammu and Kashmir, barring Ladakh which also needs a fair representation. ‘If two other factors number of voters and nature of terrain and accessibility are also taken into consideration... | |
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