Modi targets Karunanidhi, praises Nitish KumarMay 10th, 2009 LUDHIANA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday mocked at the 'fast-unto-death' undertaken by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in support of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, saying the four-hour-long fast was perhaps the 'only one of its kind in the world'.
Third front not a viable alternative: ModiMay 8th, 2009 PATHANKOT - Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi Friday said the third front put up by some political parties was not a viable alternative. 'No one knows who is the mother or the father of this third front.
Why didn't Congress arrest Kandahar conspirators, asks ModiApril 14th, 2009 BALASINOR - Keeping up his high-decible attack on the Congress, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked why the party-led government had not arrested those conspirators behind the 1999 airplane hijack. Addressing a rally during the first leg of the poll campaign in Kheda district in central Gujarat, Modi replied to Congress leaders' criticism of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government's handling of the hijack episode of 1999.
Congress spokesman attacks Modi for terming Congress '125-year-old lady'April 13th, 2009 MARGAO - AICC general secretary and in charge of the Goa desk, B K Hariprasad, attacked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for terming the Congress party a '125-year-old lady'. Modi has been repeatedly likening the Congress to a '125-year-old lady' during his election campaign and instead asked people to vote for '30-year young BJP'.
Modi now terms Congress party a 'gudiya'April 12th, 2009 SHRAWASTI - After taunting the Congress party with his 'budhiya' (aged woman) comments, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday termed the 125-year-old national party a 'gudiya' (doll). Addressing a poll rally in this Uttar Pradesh district, Modi said: 'Ab mein Congress ko budhiya nahin, gudiya kahoonga (Now I will refer to the Congress not as an aged woman, but a doll).
Modi favourite to lead Gujarat again, survey showsMarch 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular leader in the state and was likely to retain the post, an opinion poll said Tuesday. 'Narendra Modi emerges as the most popular candidate to be the next chief minister in Gujarat with 45 percent people in favour of him.
Congress should get Oscar for mushrooming slums: ModiMarch 4th, 2009 THANE - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday poked fun at the Congress, saying it should get an Oscar since it was under the party's rule that 'slums had mushroomed in the country' and but for this, 'Slumdog Millionaire' would not have been made. Speaking at an election rally here, Modi said: 'If Congress had not been around, slums would not have been there.
Advani praises ModiFebruary 7th, 2009 NAGPUR - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is proud of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, party leader L.K. Advani said Sunday.
India Inc's PM choice is not Modi, but Manmohan SinghJanuary 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Notwithstanding the declaration by some top industrialists that Narendra Modi is prime minister material, the Gujarat chief minister is not India Inc's chosen one for the top job. They repose faith in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Reveal truth about MoUs signed, Vaghela tells ModiJanuary 16th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Union Textile Minister Shankersinh Vaghela Friday questioned the legal validity of the MoUs signed by the Gujarat government during the Vibrant Gujarat Investors meet. 'I challenge the Gujarat government to tell the truth about the MoUs signed and the benefits accrued so far.
Advani is BJP's man for PM post, says ModiJanuary 16th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Days after he hogged the limelight with India's top industrialists calling him prime minister material, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said he was not in the race for the top post and that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s senior leader L.K. Advani was the right candidate.
I am not in race, Advani prime minister candidate: ModiJanuary 16th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Three days after he hogged the limelight with the country's top industrialists calling him prime minister material, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said he was not in the race for the top post and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s senior leader L.K. Advani was the only candidate.
Modi, Advani clear air; praise each other's leadershipJanuary 16th, 2009 AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday that L.K. Advani, and not he, was the right man as the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party - and the veteran BJP leader praised Modi for making Gujarat 'vibrant'.
PM's post no issue with BJP or NDA, says JaitleyJanuary 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said there was no doubt in the party or among its alliance partners that their prime ministerial candidate was L.K. Advani and the party 'feels a sense of pride' when Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is praised.
Congress flays 'Modi as PM' remarks, BJP plays it downJanuary 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The ruling Congress criticised as 'highly insensitive' remarks by two corporate heads projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as prime minister material, while an uncomfortable Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to play down the praise for their party leader. 'It is utter insensitivity of these people (the corporate bigwigs).
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