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.
Congress, SP and BSP have always deceived Muslims: ModiMay 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) may project themselves as 'custodians of Muslim rights' but had always deceived the community they saw as a vote bank, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said Monday and termed Manmohan Singh a 'weak prime minister'. 'Congress, SP and BSP have always deceived Muslims.
Narendra Modi votes, says Gujarat will ensure BJP winApril 30th, 2009 Ahmedabad, April 30 IANS Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot at 9 a.m. at a polling station in Ranip, under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, here Thursday.
Modi Govt. more concerned about business community: Rahul GandhiApril 28th, 2009 SURAT - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi Government in Gujarat is more concerned about protecting the interests of the business community than in helping the farmers and poor people. "It is a government of rich people.
Sonia doesn't have knowledge of govt. functioning: ModiApril 26th, 2009 AMRELI - Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her demand that the State Government should give an account of the Central funds used in the state, saying the UPA chairperson does not have primary knowledge of how the government functions. "Sonia Gandhi does not have primary knowledge of how the government functions.
Sonia Gandhi needs to do her homework before entering Gujarat: ModiApril 25th, 2009 VAPI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked Congress party President Sonia on issues of economy and joblessness in the country. "I asked Sonia to do her homework before she comes to Gujarat".
Modi is passing off UPA schemes as his own: SoniaApril 24th, 2009 JETPUR - The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Gujarat has been taking credit for the success of the schemes floated by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi said Friday. 'The BJP government in Gujarat is claiming many of the UPA government schemes as its own and receiving praises for the same.
Modi, Advani have misconceptions about their age: PriyankaApril 13th, 2009 AMETHI - Countering Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's comment that the Congress party was a 'budhiya' (old lady), Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi said Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani have misconceptions about their age.
Modi attacks Sonia over 'internal threat' statementApril 13th, 2009 RANCHI - In an apparent reference to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's foreign roots, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday attacked her, saying that she had eaten the 'salt of the country' but was claiming that the country faced an 'internal threat'. 'Sonia Gandhi is in India for the last 30 years eating the salt of the country.
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).
Do I look old, asks PriyankaApril 11th, 2009 AMETHI - 'Do I look old,' Priyanka Gandhi, campaigning for her brother, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, asked people, as she took on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for terming the Congress party a 'budhia' (old woman). 'Kya mein budhi dikhti hoon? (Do I look old),' she asked people of Khalispur village, raising a collective guffaw from the crowd milling around.
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.
Modi's anti-Rahul diatribe shows his desperation: CongressFebruary 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Monday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was getting 'nightmares' due to the sustained campaigning by Rahul Gandhi in his state, and his statements against the Congress general secretary showed his frustration and desperation. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters here, 'Modi is highly insecure and frustrated.'
'Modi's statement calling Rahul Gandhi an aquarium fish shows that he believes in 'matsya nyaya' (jungle law) and is living in the jungle law, where the powerful swallow the weaker,' Singhvi said, reacting to Modi Sunday describing Rahul Gandhi as a 'small fish' in an aquarium.
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.
I see Golden Gujarat ahead: ModiDecember 29th, 2008 NAVASARI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked people of the state to resolve to build a 'Golden Gujarat'. 'The entire country is looking at us and at our development.