BJP may bring privilege motion against home minister: Yashwant SinhaSeptember 9th, 2009 RANCHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may bring a privilege motion against Home Minister P. Chidmabaram during the winter session for "misleading parliament" over holding assembly elections in Jharkhand, party leader Yashwant Sinha said Wednesday.
NREGA a bottomless pit, used to make money: Yashwant SinhaJuly 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former finance minister
Yashwant Sinha Saturday described the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as a "bottomless pit" for looting money. "It is neither creating assets, nor generating jobs.
Yashwant Sinha wants party to probe leakage of his letter to mediaJune 15th, 2009 HAZARIBAGH - Senior Bharatiya Janata party leader Yashwant Sinha, who recently drew wide media attention by writing a letter of discontent and resignation to party President Rajnath Singh, has demanded the leakage of his letter to the media should be investigated. "I would like to say two things-number one, it should be probed that how that letter was leaked to media because it was my letter and the allegation comes direct on me as if I have leaked it.
Yashwant Sinha wants leak of resignation letter 'probed'June 15th, 2009 RANCHI - Two days after he resigned from all party posts, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Monday sought a probe into how the contents of the resignation letter were leaked to the media. "It would be in the interest of the party to investigate how the letter was leaked to the media," Sinha, former external affairs minister, told reporters in Hazaribagh, his parliamentary constituency.
Yashwant Sinha will not to quit BJPJune 14th, 2009 HAZARIBAGH - A day after resigning from all party posts held by him and writing a letter of resentment to Party President Rajnath Singh asking him to ensure responsibility for party's electoral debacle, Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said he would remain in the party. "I had sent my resignation to be accepted.
Yashwant Sinha to remain in partyJune 14th, 2009 RANCHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha, who has resigned from all his party positions, Sunday clarified that he would remain in the party to serve the people of his constituency. I am very much in BJP.
Sinha says he's not quitting the BJPJune 14th, 2009 HAZARIBAGH - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha, on Sunday said that he had no intention of quitting the right-wing party, and expressed happiness over the party leadership accepting his resignation from top posts. Interacting with journalists here, Sinha said: "I had sent my resignation to be accepted.
Sinha quits BJP positions, party accepts resignation (Lead)June 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI/RANCHI - Amid a blame game over the Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral debacle, its national vice president and veteran leader Yashwant Sinha Saturday resigned from all party positions. BJP president Rajnath Singh accepted his resignation.
BJP president Rajnath Singh accepts Yashwant Sinha's resignationJune 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Saturday accepted senior party leader Yashwant Sinha's resignation from all party posts held by him. Jharkhand leader Yashwant Sinha had written a four-page letter to Rajnath Singh and other members of the party's core group.
Yashwant Sinha quits as BJP vice presidentJune 13th, 2009 RANCHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Saturday quit as national vice president of the party. Sinha faxed his resignation letter to party president Rajnath Singh, party sources said.
Yashwant Sinha quits BJP executive amidst differences within partyJune 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday resigned from all posts that he held in the party, amidst differences within the BJP after defeat in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Sinha, who was the BJP vice-president, also quit from the party's national executive council.
BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha views Shekhar Suman as a 'monkey'May 24th, 2009 PATNA - Elections are over, but its bitterness may perhaps take time to end. It was visible when Bharatiya Janata Party leader and veteran film actor Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday described his rival TV actor-turned-politician Shekhar Suman of the Congress party as a 'monkey'.
Yashwant Sinha lends support for Modi as PMApril 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Another Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has come out in support of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as future prime minister. Senior party leader Yashwant Sinha Monday said Modi has all the qualities to fit the top job.
Releasing terrorists during Kandahar was painful decision: Yashwant SinhaApril 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Stung by the multi-pronged Congress attack on the 1999 Kandahar hijack episode, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Friday admitted that releasing terrorists during the hostage crisis was 'a painful and difficult decision'. 'There was free and fair discussion in the cabinet over the issue.
Backward classes panel meets ModiJanuary 19th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - A delegation of the backward classes panel Tuesday met Chief Minister Narendra Modi to seek his views on the current reservation policy and to know about the state government's stand on including new classes in the backward class category, a statement issued here said. The National Commission for Economically Backward Classes led by its chairman Major General (retd) S.R.