Yashwant Sinha
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Ambedkar cartoon, Aircel-Maxis issues disrupt Lok Sabha
India | May 11, 2012, 05:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 11: A cartoon depicting B R Ambedkar purportedly published in a NCERT textbook and row over Home Minister P Chidambaram's statement in the Aircel-Maxis deal today led to disruption of the Lok
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Yashwant Sinha Demands CBI Probe Into Jharkhand Poll
National | Apr 02, 2012, 04:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 2: Lauding the Election Commission for its “bold” decision of scrapping the Rajya Sabha poll in Jharkhand, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has asked it to get a thorough probe conducted by the
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FDI In Retail Was "Anti-National" For Cong In 2002, Says Yashwant Sinha
India | Jan 17, 2012, 03:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 17 : Questioning the Congress stand on FDI in multi-brand retail, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said the main ruling party had stated in 2002 that opening of the sector to
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BJP Is '70% Pure', Still Party With A Difference : Yashwant Sinha
India | Jan 15, 2012, 03:42 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 15: Against the backdrop of a row over induction of tainted Uttar Pradesh leader Babu Singh Kushwaha, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today conceded that his party is only "70 per cent
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Sinha Defends Kushwaha Admission Into BJP
National | Jan 07, 2012, 07:56 AM ISTHazaribagh (Jharkhand), Jan 7: Defending induction of Babu Singh Kushwaha in the party, Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Friday equated him as a “whistle blower”.“Kushwahaji has come to the party as a whistle blower,”
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PM Has No Moral Right To Continue, Says BJP Leader Yashwant Sinha
India | Dec 28, 2011, 10:09 AM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 28: Minutes after the Lok Sabha on Tuesday night rejected the 116th Constitutional Amendment Bill providing statutory powers to Lokpal, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha demanded the Prime Minister's resignation. Sinha said, the
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Yashwant Calls PM Intervention As 'Farewell' Speech, Pranab Counters
India | Dec 27, 2011, 10:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 27: BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Lokpal Bill debate speech in Lok Sabha, calling it a “farewell speech”.Sinha's observation during the debate on the
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Govt. Cannot Bring FDI In Retail Until Consensus Is Reached : BJP
National | Dec 11, 2011, 07:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 11: BJP leader and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha also cleared the air on his party's and the NDA on the issue. Speaking to senior journalist Prabhu Chawla in an interview for Hindi
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How Can PM Call Gilani A Man Of Peace, Asks BJP
India | Nov 10, 2011, 05:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 9: BJP today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has “erred” in calling his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani a “man of peace” as his country continues to sponsor cross-border terrorism. Reacting to
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BJP Says, Govt Insensitive On Petrol Price Hike Issue
National | Nov 04, 2011, 10:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 4: BJP today alleged the price hike demonstrated that the government was “completely insensitive” to the suffering of people and asked the UPA allies to withdraw support as they were becoming a
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Angry Yashwant Sinha, Two Other BJP MPs Offer to Resign
India | Aug 24, 2011, 01:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 24: Accusing the party of not taking up seriously enough the issue of corruption, three BJP leaders including Yashwant Sinha today offered to quit as Members of Parliament.Besides Yashwant Sinha, Shatrughan Sinha
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Gadkari Forms Group For More Clarity In BJP's Stand On Issues
National | Jul 23, 2011, 09:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 23: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today constituted a Policy Formulation Action Group (PFAG) under the convenorship of former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha to bring about more coherence and clarity in the party's
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Yashwant Sinha Continues Sit-In
National | Apr 18, 2011, 12:27 PM ISTRanchi, April 18 : Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's indefinite sit-in to demand rehabilitation for families displaced in an ongoing anti-encroachment drive here, entered the second day today.Sinha, who is on the sit-in with his
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BJP Top Brass Out Of The Loop On Jharkhand Development
National | Sep 10, 2010, 10:25 AM ISTThe sudden announcement of Arjun Munda as chief minister of Jharkhand was apparently as much of a surprise to the BJP leadership as it was to the Congress, reports Mail Today. BJP's top decision- making
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We Don't Want Growth That Fuels Inflation: Yashwant Sinha
National | Aug 05, 2010, 06:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Opposition on Thursday rejected Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's contention that high growth was responsible for rising prices and said that growth which leads to inflation was not acceptable. "If higher growth rate means
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Shatrughan Bats For Jaswant
National | Sep 27, 2009, 03:49 AM ISTActor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has said the return of expelled leader Jaswant Singh to the BJP would be in the larger interest of the party. "Jaswant Singh has been a founding member of the BJP and