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BJP launches online membership campaign

New Delhi, July 06 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday launched an online membership campaign drive across Delhi. Senior BJP Leader LK Advani and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched the campaign which is being done in order to strengthen the party's cadre base ahead of Assembly elections. Singer Shibani Kashyap also joined the party via its online membership campaign. Jul 6, 2014
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PM pays tribute to Dr Syama Prasad Mookherjee at Parliament

New Delhi, July 06 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) founder Dr Syama Prasad Mookherjee at the Parliament on his 113th birth anniversary. Veteran BJP leader LK Advani, Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, and Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah also paid floral tribute to Mookherjee at the Parliament. Jul 6, 2014
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Congress party accuses Modi of usurping India's constitutional right to select judges

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Following the Gopal Subramanium controversy, Congress party accused the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party of breaching constitutional norms by usurping the right to select or reject the judges of the apex court. Congress Spokesperson, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, said the government action against Subramanium smacks of pettiness. In a letter sent to the Chief Justice of India, Subramaniam had withdrawn his nomination for the candidature of apex court. Singhvi added that Subramanium's only fault was that he spoke against Modi's government in Gujarat when he was Chief of the state. Jul 3, 2014
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Politicos react over hate speech by another TMC Leader

New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): A hate speech made by another TMC leader, Arup Chakraborty met with furious reactions by rival party leaders. After TMC MP Tapas Pal, TMC leader and Bankura Zilla Parishad President Arup Chakraborty encouraged people to behead opposition party members if they harass TMC supporters. Leaders across parties stated that the behaviour by the TMC leader was nothing but a reflection of the sorry state of affairs in West Bengal and was highly condemnable. The casual attitude of the TMC is changing anger to resentment among the people. Jul 2, 2014
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Subramanian Swamy calls for proper investigation in Sunanda Pushkar's death

New Delhi, July 02 (ANI): Commenting on the allegations made in the Sunanda Pushkar's autopsy report case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday reiterated that Pushkar was murdered and called for proper investigation in the case. Swamy said that Pushkar had told people that she will expose the corruption in IPL. He further said that it was strange that her husband and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was admitted in the AIIMS Hospital when the autopsy was about to be conducted on Pushkar's body. According to media reports, the head of the forensics department at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Dr. Sudhir Gupta, has said that he was pressurized to give a doctored report in Pushkar's death case. Gupta headed the team of experts who conducted the postmortem on Pushkar's body. He has alleged in his complaint to the Health Ministry and the Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) that he was pressured by top officials to show that Pushkar's death was 'natural'. Jul 2, 2014
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US allowed NSA to spy on BJP, claims Snowden in leaked documents

New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): A classified document by former NSA contractor-turned whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed that US spy agency, National Security Agency (NSA), had been sanctioned to spy on most countries and some international bodies and political parties. According to the report, Bharatiya Janata Party was included in a top-secret list of six non- U S political parties worldwide that the U.S. National Security Agency received official permission to covertly spy upon. Jul 1, 2014
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Modi to BJP MPs: Follow parliamentary ethics, spend time in constituencies

Surajkund, June 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday instructed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Members of Parliament (MP) attending an orientation camp in Surajkund, Haryana, to follow parliamentary procedures and ethics properly, focus on their work, and spend more time in their respective constituencies. "BJP MPs should follow parliamentary procedures and ethics in the proper manner, focus on work, and spend more time in their constituencies," reports quoted Modi, as saying. He also asked them to chart a blueprint for development in their respective constituencies and share it with government. Jun 28, 2014