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 Venkaiah toes VHP line on Ayodhya | | 2003-05-30 | Venkat Parsa | The Asian Age | | The Vishwa Hindu Parishad is relieved that BJP president M. Venkaiah Naidu has backtracked on the reported offer he made at a public meeting in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh on May 27 that a mosque and temple can be constructed side by side in Ayodhya |  | |
| Vajpayee is neither tired nor retired: BJP | | 2003-05-30 | IANS | The Times of India. | | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday asserted that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would not retire from public life. | | | |
| The BJP has not grown in Karnataka' | | 2003-05-30 | M D Riti | Rediff News | | Vijay Sankeshwar, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Dharwad in north Karnataka, rattled it yesterday by quitting the organisation, reportedly to launch his own regional outfit. | | | |
| BJP meet begins to forge poll strategy | | 2003-05-29 | PTI | The Times of india | | A crucial brainstorming session of the BJP began here on Thursday morning with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani setting the tone for the two-day exercise to chalk out the political strategy for the coming Assembly polls in five states and also for the next Lok Sabha elections | | | |
| BJP's Vijay Sankeshwar quits party | | 2003-05-29 | PTI | The Times of india | | In a sudden development, BJP Lok Sabha member Vijay Sankeshwar on Wednesday announced his decision to quit the party and float a regional political outfit | | | |
| BJP to fight polls under Vajpayee's leadership | | 2003-05-29 | PTI | The Times of india | | A day after Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee spoke of his intention to retire if latest peace initiative with Pakistan fails, the BJP said it would fight the next Lok Sabha elections under his leadership and on the performance plank | | | |
| Man in place, VHP to drive Home pet agenda | | 2003-05-29 | Manini Chatterjee | Indian Express | | Elated at the induction of their very own Swami Chinmayanand into the crucial Ministry of Home Affairs, the VHP is hopeful that he will ‘‘bridge the communication gap between the Parishad and the Government’’ and ‘‘build a conducive atmosphere to get the Ram temple issue solved.’’ Swami Chinmayanand is an important member of the VHP’s Kendriya Marg Darshak Mandal and was recently made the convenor of the coordination committee to contact MPs to lobby for the enactment of a legislation to hand over the disputed site in Ayodhya ‘‘to Hindu society.’’ | | | |
| HC extends stay on VHP leader's arrest | | 2003-05-23 | PTI | The Times Of Inida | | Rajasthan High Court on Friday extended the stay on the arrest of senior VHP leader Acharya Dharmendra in connection with 'trishul deeksha' and his allegedly inflammatory speech in Bhilwara district in March by four days. | | | |
| Only 33 turn up for Modi's PR show | | 2003-05-22 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | Held under high security cover, Chief Minister Narendra Modi's second Swagat programme, which was held on Thursday, meant to solve people's problems on-line, was an unexpected failure. This comes in the wake of common people being banned from visiting the Sachivalaya for five days a week. A mere 33 persons were permitted to get in touch with the CM with their unresolved complaints | | | |
| BJP 'unwilling' to give up major portfolios | | 2003-05-21 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | The Prime Minister's desire to consolidate his hold on the non-BJP component of the NDA by including more of them in his ministry appears to be meeting with some resistance from within the BJP, which wants to maintain its control over all the major portfolios | | | |
| BJP won't make Hindutva a poll issue: Mahajan | | 2003-05-20 | PTI | The Times Of India | | BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan on Tuesday said the party would not make 'Hindutva' an election issue in the assembly and Lok Sabha polls | | | |
| Kerala communalists to be brought to book | | 2003-05-19 | George Iype | Rediff News | | Under instructions from Chief Minister A K Antony, the Kerala police has started filing charge sheets in all the reported communal clashes that have occurred in the state since 1992 | | | |
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| RSS mouthpiece turns a Swadeshi travel guide | | 2003-05-16 | Manini Chatterjee | Indian Express | | It's summertime and even the trishul-wielding zealots of the Sangh Parivar need a break. And to provide them tips on where to go to beat the heat is their very own trusted weekly, Panchjanya. Diluting its shrill ideological fervour for the moment, the RSS weekly has assumed the avatar of a city colour supplement — all light (sorry, lite) and frothy with a cover story devoted to travel. | | | |
| Advani-Mahajan discuss political situation | | 2003-05-16 | Press Trust of India | Hindustan Times | | Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani on Friday night discussed the political situation across the country in view of the coming Assembly elections in four states with BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan. | | | |
| Pandya case: Accused remanded for five days | | 2003-05-16 | Express News Service | Indian Express | | A CITY court on Thursday gave the Detection of Crime Branch City Police five days custody of Ashgar Ali and eight others accused, allegedly involved in the killing the former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya. | | | |
| BJP flays Pak MPs for clubbing J&K and Chechnya | | 2003-05-15 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | BJP spokesperson Mukthar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday assailed the Pakistani legislators, currently in India, for reportedly clubbing Kashmir with Chechnya. | | | |
| Shiv Sena expels two former Nagpur unit chiefs | | 2003-05-15 | Press Trust of India | Hindustan Times | | The Shiv Sena has expelled its two former Nagpur city unit chiefs Kishore Parate and Praveen Barde for disrupting the felicitation function of Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Nirupam on Wednesday evening, party sources said on Thursday. | | | |
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| Six more held for Pandya murder conspiracy | | 2003-05-14 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | The city crime branch on Tuesday arrested six more persons in the case of 'conspiring to spread terrorism in Gujarat', registered by the crime branch immediately after the Haren Pandya murder. All those nabbed in this conspiracy have been booked under Pota | | | |
| BJP to downplay Hindutva in state polls | | 2003-05-13 | SMITA GUPTA | The Times Of India | | BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu has told party colleagues, particularly in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, not to get distracted by the Congress' attempts to shift the electoral debate from development to Hindutva | | | |
| Akshardham film upsets Advani | | 2003-05-13 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on Tuesday did not appear too happy with the fictional recreation of the terrorist attack on the Akshardham temple in Gujarat | | | |
| Six more held for Pandya murder conspiracy | | 2003-05-13 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | The city crime branch on Tuesday arrested six more persons in the case of 'conspiring to spread terrorism in Gujarat', registered by the crime branch immediately after the Haren Pandya murder. All those nabbed in this conspiracy have been booked under Pota | | | |
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| Chickens return to roost | | 2003-05-12 | AG Noorani | Hindustan Times | | The VHP has launched a campaign for legislation to build a Ram mandir at Ayodhya. The BJP’s plea to its mentors in the Sangh parivar on May 2 was that such a law was “not possible without a majority in Parliament”. | | | |
| Quit criticising govt openly: Advani to NDA | | 2003-05-09 | PTI | The Times Of India | | In the wake of the attack on telephone tariffs from within Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on Friday advised NDA constituents against openly criticising the government policies but raise them at the appropriate forum. | | | |
| Ignored by BJP, Pak MPs bond with Oppn | | 2003-05-09 | IANS | The Times Of India | | A visiting delegation of Pakistan MPs may have been "ignored" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but they had their share of warmth and goodwill from various opposition groups which met them Friday | | | |
| Shock and awe at Kashi | | 2003-05-08 | Usha Sahana | Indian express | | A visit to the Hindu holy city of Kashi ‘shocks’ the senses and the ‘awe’ that that one expects to feel at the holiest of Hindu pilgrim centres remains an illusion. On a recent visit to the city, I was appalled at the state of the roads, buildings and, most of all, the surroundings of the Kashi Viswanath temple and the temple itself. | | | |
| Maya's remarks on Hindu Gods constructive criticism: Togadia | | 2003-05-05 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | Under fire from BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh for her alleged remarks against Hindu Gods, Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday found strong support in firebrand VHP leader Praveen Togadia who termed her statements as "constructive" criticism. | | | |
| The parivar’s united front | | 2003-05-05 | EDITORIAL | Hindustan Times | | The BJP leadership has lately sought to emphasise that Hindutva remains its mascot though the party is somewhat hamstrung by being the leader of the ruling alliance whose members may be at odds with the Hindu supremacist ideology. | | | |
| Pandya murder: Witness identifies Asghar Ali as 'killer' | | 2003-05-05 | PTI | Rediff News | | The crucial eyewitness in former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya's murder case on Monday identified Mohammed Asghar Ali as the 'killer' during the identification parade conducted in camera in Ahmedabad, police sources said. | | | |
| Maya's remarks on Hindu Gods constructive criticism: Togadia | | 2003-05-05 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | Under fire from BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh for her alleged remarks against Hindu Gods, Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday found strong support in firebrand VHP leader Praveen Togadia who termed her statements as "constructive" criticism. | | | |
| The parivar’s united front | | 2003-05-05 | EDITORIAL | Hindustan Times | | The BJP leadership has lately sought to emphasise that Hindutva remains its mascot though the party is somewhat hamstrung by being the leader of the ruling alliance whose members may be at odds with the Hindu supremacist ideology. | | | |
| Pandya murder: Witness identifies Asghar Ali as 'killer' | | 2003-05-05 | PTI | Rediff News | | The crucial eyewitness in former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya's murder case on Monday identified Mohammed Asghar Ali as the 'killer' during the identification parade conducted in camera in Ahmedabad, police sources said. | | | |
| Pandya killers remanded to crime branch custody | | 2003-05-05 | PTI | The Times Of India | | A local court on Saturday remanded sharpshooter Asghar Ali and his four accomplices, arrested in connection with former Gujarat Home and Revenue Minister Haren Pandya's murder, to 12 days' police custody | | | |
| Pandya killers remanded to crime branch custody | | 2003-05-05 | PTI | The Times Of India | | A local court on Saturday remanded sharpshooter Asghar Ali and his four accomplices, arrested in connection with former Gujarat Home and Revenue Minister Haren Pandya's murder, to 12 days' police custody | | | |
| How to solve the problem of Togadia | | 2003-05-05 | POLITICAL DIARY/NILANJANA BHADURI JHA | The Times Of India | | She intended it as a politically correct answer, but Mayawati may have hit the nail on the head as far as dealing with Pravin Togadia and his trishul agenda are concerned. Ignoring him might just make him go away | | | |
| World can't dictate terms to India: BJP | | 2003-05-05 | PTI | The Times Of India | | BJP National President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Monday that no foreign power could influence India's foreign policy or dictate terms to restore normalcy with Pakistan | | | |
| How to solve the problem of Togadia | | 2003-05-05 | POLITICAL DIARY/NILANJANA BHADURI JHA | The Times Of India | | She intended it as a politically correct answer, but Mayawati may have hit the nail on the head as far as dealing with Pravin Togadia and his trishul agenda are concerned. Ignoring him might just make him go away | | | |
| World can't dictate terms to India: BJP | | 2003-05-05 | PTI | The Times Of India | | BJP National President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Monday that no foreign power could influence India's foreign policy or dictate terms to restore normalcy with Pakistan | | | |
| Trishul Deeksha tarnishing RSS image, says Advani | | 2003-05-02 | Hemendra Singh Bartwal | Hindustan Times | | Togadia's trishul appears to have become a thorny issue for the BJP leadership even as it continued talks with the Sangh Parivar on Friday to promote better understanding | | | |
| Ajmer professor loses job for VHP connections | | 2003-05-02 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | The Head of the Commerce Department of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University in Ajmer has been suspended from service after registration of police cases against him for his Vishwa Hindu Parishad connections. | | | |
| BJP, RSS meet to improve ties, plan for polls | | 2003-05-02 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | A high-profile three-day meeting of Sangh Parivar leaders with the government and BJP representatives began on Thursday. The meeting’s underlying agenda is improving relations between the RSS and the government. | | | |
| RSS backs Vajpayee on Indo-Pak talks | | 2003-05-02 | PTI | The Times Of India | | The RSS on Thursday endorsed the government's latest initiative to break the Indo-Pak logjam but said Islamabad should make its intentions clear through actions on the ground. | | | |
| Sangh Parivar top brass hold parleys on key issues | | 2003-05-02 | PTI | The Times Of India | | A crucial meet of the Sangh Parivar, involving the top brass of BJP, RSS, VHP and other outfits, began in the capital on Thursday amid emphasis on increased coordination and restrained mutual criticism | | | |
| BJP leader allegedly killed by RJD supporters | | 2003-05-01 | Anand Mohan Sahay | Rediff News | | Bharatiya Janata Party leader Satnarayan Singh Yadav was allegedly killed in Khagaul near Patna by Rashtriya Janata Dal supporters, who were going for the Laloo-sponsored lathi rally in the Bihar capital on Wednesday. | | | |
| Meanwhile, jumbo undivided parivar has reunion today | | 2003-05-01 | Pradeep Kaushal | Rediff News | | After some of them having called each other names and worked at cross-purposes, the members of the biggest Hindu undivided family of the country, Sangh Parivar, are set to embark on a three-day meeting from tomorrow to close ranks. The exercise follows the RSS resolve at the Nagpur Pratinidhi Sabha session to demonstrate a ‘‘unity of purpose’’ by the Parivar. | | | |
| RSS backs Vajpayee on Indo-Pak talks | | 2003-05-01 | PTI | The Times of India | | The RSS on Thursday endorsed the government's latest initiative to break the Indo-Pak logjam but said Islamabad should make its intentions clear through actions on the ground. | | | |
| Sangh Parivar top brass hold parleys on key issues | | 2003-05-01 | PTI | The Times of India | | A crucial meet of the Sangh Parivar, involving the top brass of BJP, RSS, VHP and other outfits, began in the capital on Thursday amid emphasis on increased coordination and restrained mutual criticism | | | |
| Sangh Parivar meet to take up Ayodhya, economy | | 2003-05-01 | PTI | The Times of India | | A crucial meeting of the Sangh Parivar involving the top brass of BJP, RSS, VHP and other outfits began here on Thursday to discuss key issues, including Ayodhya and economic policies, ahead of the coming Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. | | | |
| Asgar Ali, 4 others' remand extended till May 2 | | 2003-05-01 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times of India | | The remand of Asgar Ali, the prime suspect in the Haren Pandya murder case, along with four other accused has been extended till May 2 | | | |
| RSS backs Vajpayee's peace bid with Pakistan | | 2003-05-01 | Indo-Asian News Service | Hindustan Times | | India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allied Hindu groups Thursday began a crucial coordination meet with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee winning approval for his peace moves towards Pakistan. | | | |
| Togadia takes (s)trident stand against Gehlot | | 2003-04-30 | PTI | The Times Of India | | VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Wednesday said the organisation will hold trishul (trident) worship ceremonies wherever Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot visits in the state | | | |
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| BJP, Sangh Parivar to chalk out pre-poll strategy | | 2003-04-30 | PTI | Rediff News | | The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sangh Parivar top brass will begin a three-day informal meeting from Thursday in New Delhi to prepare for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, New Delhi and Chattisgarh. | | | |
| Ambassadors downgrade Modi luncheon | | 2003-04-29 | AUNOHITA MAZUMDAR | The Times Of India | | Narendra Modi's PR efforts on the diplomatic circuit do not seem to have had the desired effect. Though a large number of ambassadors were invited to an interactive meeting on Tuesday between the Gujarat chief minister and industrialists, most stayed away while some sent trade representatives from their missions. | | | |
| 11 days CBI remand for 3 in Pandya's case | | 2003-04-29 | Press Trust of India | Hindustan Times | | Three more persons arrested from Andhra Pradesh on April 26 by CBI in connection with killing of former Gujarat Home and Revene Minister Haren Pandya were on Tuesday remanded to eleven days of CBI custody. | | | |
| Modi's bid to break ice with envoys | | 2003-04-29 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | In a bid to resurrect the sliding image of Gujarat as a safe and attractive investment destination, chief minister Narendra Modi will meet potential investors in New Delhi over lunch on Tuesday. | | | |
| Modi lords over Gujarat Day hoardings | | 2003-04-29 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | When it comes to celebrating Gujarat Gaurav Divas on May 1, Chief Minister Narendra Modi seems to be synonymous with the pride of Gujarat. Here, Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi and even Indulal Yagnik who played a key role in the formation of the state seem to take a back seat when it comes to publicising the event. | | | |
| Weapon used to kill Pandya found: CBI | | 2003-04-29 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | The CBI has found the revolver which was apparently used to kill senior Gujarat BJP leader and former state Home Minister Haren Pandya, the investigating agency's director PC Sharma said here on Sunday. | | | |
| Pandya murder: Did govt overlook crucial intelligence? | | 2003-04-24 | LEENA MISRA | The Times Of India | | The state government had ample intelligence about the threats to firebrand political leaders and public places before Haren Pandya's murder, but some of them were dismissed as "routine". All those who screamed "intelligence failure" after Pandya was shot dead in cold blood near Law Garden, might be quite off the mark. | | | |
| BJP not for Hindutva as poll issue: Rajnath | | 2003-04-22 | PTI | The Times Of India | | BJP general secretary Rajnath Singh on Monday asserted his party disfavoured Hinduta as a poll issue for the upcoming Assembly elections in four states and refused to attach significance to the trident campaign by the VHP in Rajasthan | | | |
| Mahajan cosies up to Shiv Sena | | 2003-04-22 | AMBARISH MISHRA | The Times Of India | | All-India Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Pramod Mahajan’s recent talks with key Shiv Sena leaders is an indication that the crusty BJP strategist is ready to play Javed to Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s Salim and script the Sena-BJP combine’s soap-opera for the state assembly elections | | | |
| Pandya's killers trained in Pak: CBI | | 2003-04-22 | PTI | The Times Of India | | The CBI on Monday asserted that most of the five accused who have been arrested in the Haren Pandya assassination case had undergone training in Pakistan but failed to specify the motive or whether the conspiracy for the attack was hatched at the behest of Islamabad | | | |
| Togadia gets conditional bail | | 2003-04-22 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | A local court on Monday granted bail to VHP leader Praveen Togadia on condition that he would not defy the ban on distribution of tridents, a charge on which he was arrested eight days ago. | | | |
| Ajmer Court grants bail to VHP leader Togadia | | 2003-04-21 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | A court on Monday granted conditional bail to VHP leader Praveen Togadia who was arrested in Ajmer on April 13 after he violated a ban on distribution of tridents and made an allegedly inflammatory speech. | | | |
| Alleged Pandya killers taken to Ahmedabad | | 2003-04-21 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | Five alleged killers of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya were brought here from New Delhi by the CBI sleuths by an Indian Airlines flight amidst tight security. | | | |
| Pandya killers to be produced in court today | | 2003-04-21 | Express News Service | Indian Express | | Five suspects arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Haren Pandya murder case will be brought here from Delhi on Monday and produced before a magistrate, police said | | | |
| Ten days police remand for Pandya's killers | | 2003-04-21 | PTI | The Times Of India | | A court on Monday remanded five alleged killers of former Gujarat Home and Revenue Minister Haren Pandya to the CBI custody for ten days | | | |
| VHP to continue with trident distribution | | 2003-04-21 | PTI | The Times Of India | | Buoyed by the granting of bail to its leader Praveen Togadia, Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday declared it would continue with its trident distribution programme and vowed to oust the "anti-Hindu" Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan | | | |
| Court grants bail to Praveen Togadia | | 2003-04-21 | PTI | The Times Of India | | A court on Monday granted bail to the VHP leader Praveen Togadia who was arrested on the charge of violating a ban on distribution of tridents and giving inflammatory speech at a function here on April 13 | | | |
| Pandya murder accused to be produced in court on Monday | | 2003-04-21 | PTI | The Times Of India | | The five accused, including sharpshooter Asgar Ali, arrested in connection with the assassination of BJP leader Haren Pandya would be brought to the city by a CBI team and produced before a metropolitan magistrate on Monday, official sources said here on Sunday | | | |
| BJP backs PM's friendship offer to Pak | | 2003-04-21 | PTI | The Times Of India | | Two days after opposing talks with Pakistan, BJP on Sunday backed Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's "bold gesture" of extending a "hand of friendship" to that country and hoped Islamabad would respond "positively" to pave the way for early and "meaningful" bilateral talks. | | | |
| Ajmer Court grants bail to VHP leader Togadia | | 2003-04-21 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | A court on Monday granted conditional bail to VHP leader Praveen Togadia who was arrested in Ajmer on April 13 after he violated a ban on distribution of tridents and made an allegedly inflammatory speech | | | |
| Ashgar Ali 'main killer' of Pandya: CBI | | 2003-04-18 | PTI | The Times Of India | | The CBI on Friday said that Asghar Ali, who was arrested along with three others in Hyderabad in connection with the murder of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya was the "main killer who pulled the trigger". | | | |
| CBI alleges Pak link to Pandya killing | | 2003-04-18 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | The CBI on Friday claimed that Asgar Ali - the alleged "main killer" who "pulled the trigger" to kill former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya - had links with Pakistan and terrorist outfits operating in Kashmir | | | |
| VHP threatens rallies to protest Togadia's arrest | | 2003-04-18 | PTI | The Times Of India | | The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Friday threatened to organise demonstrations and protests rallies in the country to oppose the Rajasthan government's move to ban carrying of tridents and the arrest of Parishad leader under various sections of IPC including 121-A (conspiracy to wage war against the government). | | | |
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| Killing of Pandya: Most wanted at large | | 2003-04-18 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | There’s lots more waiting to be unravelled even after the arrest of the four accused in Hyderabad for their involvement in the killing of Gujarat’s former home minister Haren Pandya. | | | |
| Guj police yet to receive official information about arrest | | 2003-04-18 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | Gujarat director general of police (DGP) K Chakravarthi said here on Thursday night that the state police has not received any "official communication" regarding bringing the four persons arrested in Hyderabad for alleged involvement in Haren Pandya's murder, to Ahmedabad for further interrogation. | | | |
| CBI nabs Haren Pandya's murderers in AP | | 2003-04-17 | PTI | The Times Of India | | In a significant breakthrough, the CBI sleuths on Thursday nabbed four persons for their alleged involvement in the assassination of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya. | | | |
| BJP backs off on Thengde | | 2003-04-17 | SMITA GUPTA | The Times Of India | | Two days after the RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch's Dattopant Thengde attacked the Prime Minister while flagging off an anti-WTO yatra, the BJP has chosen not to publicly denounce the criticism of its leader | | | |
| Will sedition charge stick on Togadia? | | 2003-04-17 | NILANJANA BHADURI JHA | The Times Of India | | At most it will be a long, uncomfortable weekend in the Ajmer jail for Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia. Even his political foes admit the serious charge of sedition under 121(A) is unlikely to stick | | | |
| Speak up: Pandya widow's appeal to mute witnesses | | 2003-04-17 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | If there is one thing that has foxed Haren Pandya’s family and investigators since March 26, it is the fact that he lay dead in his car for three hours outside Law Garden with nobody caring or daring to inform the police about the same | | | |
| BJP keeps fingers crossed in Vadodara mayoral election | | 2003-04-17 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | What is rather curious about the present mayoral election is that everyone seems to know the results even before polling takes place for the hot seat on Thursday. | | | |
| Praveen Togadia's bail plea rejected | | 2003-04-16 | PTI | The Times Of India | | The bail application of VHP leader Praveen Togadia, who is now in judicial custody, was rejected by a court here on Wednesday | | | |
| Togadia denied bail, now charged with sedition | | 2003-04-16 | SL Talwar and Bhanu Pratap Singh | Hindustan times | | Vishwa Hindu Parishad international secretary Praveen Togadia was denied bail by a judicial magistrate on Wednesday morning, and has been remanded to judicial custody till April 30. | | | |
| Togadia bandh goes unnoticed | | 2003-04-16 | Agencies | Hindustan times | | The VHP-sponsored Rajasthan bandh against the arrest of its leader Pravin Togadia on charges of violating prohibitory orders and a ban on use of tridents today evoked poor response in parts of the state, a senior police official said here. | | | |
| RSS says, Togadia not an anti-national | | 2003-04-16 | PTI | Hindustan times | | Stoutly defending firebrand VHP leader Praveen Togadia against charges of sedition slapped by the Rajasthan government, RSS on Wednesday asserted that he was not an anti-national and distribution of tridents did not tantamount to sedition. | | | |
| BJP sends its RSS pracharaks back to school | | 2003-04-16 | Pradeep Kaushal | Hindustan times | | Welcome to the new-age shakha. The RSS ‘pracharaks’ on deputation to the BJP — long-perceived as the self-sacrificing, simple, dedicated folk — are currently undergoing lessons on personality-development and management techniques. | | | |
| VHP bandh in Rajasthan evokes mixed response | | 2003-04-16 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | The VHP-led Rajasthan bandh to protest the arrest of its international general secretary Praveen Togadia evoked a mixed response on Tuesday | | | |
| Poor response to VHP's Rajasthan bandh: Police | | 2003-04-15 | PTI | the Times Of India | | The VHP-sponsored Rajasthan bandh to protest the arrest of its leader Praveen Togadia on charges of violation of prohibitory orders and ban on use of tridents has evoked little response, a senior police official said | | | |
| VHP calls for Rajasthan bandh on Tuesday | | 2003-04-15 | PTI | the Times Of India | | The VHP on Monday gave a call for Rajasthan bandh on Tuesday to protest the arrest of its international general secretary Praveen Togadia after a trident distribution ceremony in Ajmer. | | | |
| Togadia gets VIP cell in Ajmer jail | | 2003-04-15 | Press Trust of India | Hindustan Times | | VHP leader Praveen Togadia, who was sent to judicial custody for two days on Monday in connection with alleged violation of prohibitory orders and ban on distribution of tridents, has been lodged in a VIP cell of Ajmer central jail, official sources said on Tuesday. | | | |
| Unfazed Mulayam brushes off Mayawati's charges | | 2003-04-15 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES | the Times Of India | | Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday dared the UP administration to arrest him and dismissed as baseless the charge that he misused government funds during his tenure as the state chief minister | | | |
| Togadia arrested after defying ban | | 2003-04-14 | PTI | The Times Of India | | VHP leader Praveen Togadia was on Sunday night arrested shortly after he distributed tridents to Bajrang Dal activists here defying ban and prohibitory orders | | | |
| Cracks in BJP over mayor’s post | | 2003-04-14 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | With just about three days to go before the city gets its new mayor, it’s not the Congress that the BJP is worried about most. Different voices within the Sangh Parivar, with all eyes set on hot seat, are now being heard in the corridors the Vadodara Municipal Corporation office. | | | |
| Modi's clout with Centre declining: Amarsinh | | 2003-04-11 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | Opposition leader Amarsinh Chaudhary has observed that the clout of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi both vis-ŕ-vis the Central government and the BJP have suddenly plummeted, if the recent events are any indication. | | | |
| BJP withdraws uniform civil code bill | | 2003-04-11 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | Pushed into a corner over the introduction of a private member's Bill in the Lok Sabha seeking a uniform civil code, the BJP managed to wriggle out of a potentially embarrassing situation when it persuaded its member to withdraw the Bill before it came up for voting on Thursday. | | | |
| Size matters to Modi & Keshubhai | | 2003-04-11 | RAJIV SHAH | The Times Of India | | Last Sunday, when former chief minister Keshubhai Patel met deputy prime minister Advani in a closed-door meeting at the Circuit House in Ahmedabad, it set the tongues wagging in the state capital. It now dawns that Patel not only briefed Advani about the Haren Pandya episode, but also suggested that Chief Minister Narendra Modi should go in for a jumbo ministry. | | | |
| One week later, Modi reacts to Advani snub | | 2003-04-11 | Express News Service | India Express | | Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly taken strong exception to a veiled attack mounted on him by Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani and former chief minister Keshubhai Patel at a condolence meeting for slain BJP leader Haren Pandya. | | | |
| No Hindutva in polls: Mahajan | | 2003-04-07 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan on Sunday made it clear that his party will not use Hindutva as a plank in the forthcoming assembly elections in four states. | | | |
| Haren's father, Keshubhai raise a stink | | 2003-04-07 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | An emotionally charged 'shraddhanjali' programme held in honour of Haren Pandya at a packed Town Hall here in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Advani saw some verbal fireworks from former chief minister Keshubhai Patel. He targeted the party leadership for remaining silent when injustice was meted out to the slain leader, who was denied a ticket in the last assembly elections | | | |
| A political murder, says emotional father | | 2003-04-07 | Express News Service | India Express News | | As a speechless L K Advani listened with folded hands, the father of Haren Pandya, Vithalbhai Pandya, today lashed out at the BJP, describing his son’s killing as a ‘‘political murder’’. | | | |
| No Hindutva in polls: Mahajan | | 2003-04-07 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan on Sunday made it clear that his party will not use Hindutva as a plank in the forthcoming assembly elections in four states. | | | |
| Haren's father, Keshubhai raise a stink | | 2003-04-07 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | An emotionally charged 'shraddhanjali' programme held in honour of Haren Pandya at a packed Town Hall here in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Advani saw some verbal fireworks from former chief minister Keshubhai Patel. He targeted the party leadership for remaining silent when injustice was meted out to the slain leader, who was denied a ticket in the last assembly elections | | | |
| A political murder, says emotional father | | 2003-04-07 | Express News Service | India Express News | | As a speechless L K Advani listened with folded hands, the father of Haren Pandya, Vithalbhai Pandya, today lashed out at the BJP, describing his son’s killing as a ‘‘political murder’’. | | | |
| Behind the news: Shanta Kumar's resignation | | 2003-04-07 | Pankaj Vohra | Hindustan times | | The resignation of Rural Development Minister Shanta Kumar from the Union Cabinet has once again provided clear indication that any leader daring to put accross a truthful account of events would find it extremely difficult to function in the BJP if his views are contrary to those held by a powerful section within the party. | | | |
| Behind the news: Shanta Kumar's resignation | | 2003-04-07 | Pankaj Vohra | Hindustan times | | The resignation of Rural Development Minister Shanta Kumar from the Union Cabinet has once again provided clear indication that any leader daring to put accross a truthful account of events would find it extremely difficult to function in the BJP if his views are contrary to those held by a powerful section within the party. | | | |
| Nationwide alert sounded for Pandya murder suspect | | 2003-04-07 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | The city police’s crime branch has sounded a nation-wide alert for 45-year-old Ahmedmiyan Sukhiyaan Patangiya, believed to be one of the key suspects in the Haren Pandya murder case. Patangiya is said to be among the six suspects absconding, said crime branch sources | | | |
| BJP disoriented | | 2003-04-07 | Editorial | Hindustan times | | Perhaps the most unusual thing about public life in a democracy is its bewildering dynamics that no model of corporate governance or blueprint for improving institutionalised hierarchies can hope to capture. | | | |
| Nationwide alert sounded for Pandya murder suspect | | 2003-04-07 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | The city police’s crime branch has sounded a nation-wide alert for 45-year-old Ahmedmiyan Sukhiyaan Patangiya, believed to be one of the key suspects in the Haren Pandya murder case. Patangiya is said to be among the six suspects absconding, said crime branch sources | | | |
| BJP disoriented | | 2003-04-07 | Editorial | Hindustan times | | Perhaps the most unusual thing about public life in a democracy is its bewildering dynamics that no model of corporate governance or blueprint for improving institutionalised hierarchies can hope to capture. | | | |
| BJP not to raise Hindutva issue in forthcoming polls: Naidu | | 2003-04-04 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | A crucial meeting of BJP national executive began here on Friday with party president Venkaiah Naidu blaming indiscipline for party's debacle in Himachal Pradesh assembly polls and declaring Hindutva would not be an election issue for the party in coming electoral battles. | | | |
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| Sonia flays VHP, Bajrang Dal activists for provoking co-passengers | | 2003-03-31 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday assailed the "irresponsible and provocative" behaviour by VHP/Bajrang Dal activists against fellow train travellers in Assam Express on March 26 and sought Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani's intervention to ensure no such incident recur. In a letter to Advani | | | |
| Togadia chants polls at Durg’s Ram mahayagna | | 2003-03-31 | Ashwani Sharma | Indian Express | | At the VHP’s three-day Ram mahayagna — which ended at Durg today — its international general secretary Pravin Togadia used both Ram and Hindutva to sell his political agenda. | | | |
| BJP, VHP leaders want more security in Gujarat | | 2003-03-31 | Indo-Asian News Service | Hindustan Times | | Leaders of Gujarat's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) are clamouring for police bodyguards following the sensational murder of former minister Haren Pandya. | | | |
| Haren Pandya murder fuels dissidence against Modi | | 2003-03-28 | Shekhar Iyer/Rathin Das | Hindustan Times | | Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who won an awesome mandate only three months ago, seems once more to be facing dissidence within the state BJP. | | | |
| Reward announced for info about Pandya's murder | | 2003-03-28 | PTI | The Times Of India | | The Gujarat government on Friday announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh to any person providing "important and accurate" information regarding the killing of senior BJP leader and former home minister Haren Pandya, the state Assembly was informed here. | | | |
| VHP, Congress bandh call on March 27 | | 2003-03-27 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | The state unit of the VHP and the Ahmedabad District Congress Committee have given a Gujarat bandh call on Thursday. VHP state general secretary Dilip Trivedi said students appearing for examinations would be exempted from the bandh. Vehicles would be allowed to ply as well. City Congress unit president Rajkumar Gupta demanded that the state government resign and take moral responsibility for the “worsening law and order situation in the state”. | | | |
| Gujarat Congress criticises Advani | | 2003-03-27 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | The Gujarat Congress on Thursday charged the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Home Minister L K Advani with not being able to ensure safety of the people and maintaining law and order in the state | | | |
| Terrorist-underworld nexus behind Pandya killing: Advani | | 2003-03-27 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani on Thursday said terrorist-underworld nexus appeared to be behind the killing of former Gujarat minister and BJP leader Haren Pandya as investigators questioned people who were in the vicinity of the assassination site | | | |
| VHP's Satyagraha programme from Thursday | | 2003-03-25 | PTI | The Times Of India | | As part of a campaign to get the undisputed land in Ayodhya, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad will undertake a peaceful "Satyagraha" programme in Delhi from March 27 | | | |
| Dhar tense after BJP leader's arrest | | 2003-03-24 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | Security was beefed up in Digthan village and Bagh town in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district following separate incidents of clashes in which three persons were injured on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. | | | |
| Hanging out with the BJP | | 2003-03-24 | Editorial | Hindustan Times | | The Gujarat election result had set pulses racing in the BJP. The broad message to its NDA allies was that the BJP was quite possibly turning the corner as far as public opinion went. This fed the calculation that it might just be safe to abide with that party, after all. | | | |
| I&B to bring out RSS founder’s biography | | 2003-03-24 | Anuradha Raman | Indian Express | | The celebrations couldn’t have been more timely. Coming as it does when the BJP-led Government is celebrating five years in the saddle and over two decades in existence. It’s payback time now. And the I&B Ministry is rising to the occasion. | | | |
| Acharya Dharmendra's arrest to appease Muslims: Togadia | | 2003-03-21 | PTI | The Times Of India | | Alleging that the Madhya Pradesh government had arrested Acharya Dharmendra with an eye on the Muslim vote-bank, VHP International General Secretary Praveen Togadia on Friday demanded his immediate unconditional release. | | | |
| RSS still open to Vajpayee | | 2003-03-21 | SMITA GUPTA | The Times Of India | | Setting at rest speculation that the RSS would like to see Atal Bihari Vajpayee retire now that he has completed five years in office, the entire top leadership of the RSS turned up for a celebration lunch at 7, Race Course Road on Thursday | | | |
| Chandrababu walks tightrope over Togadia | | 2003-03-19 | Vrinda Gopinath | The Indian Express | | Can Babu become Laloo? It is a question that has arisen after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu struck at the Sangh Parivar when he put the rabble-rousing Dr Pravin Togadia, VHP international general secretary, under preventive custody, hours before the latter was to deliver a public speech in Anantapur, in Rayalseema district. | | | |
| Ideology, organisation, alliance: Agenda for BJP meet | | 2003-03-19 | Express News service | The Indian Express | | The BJP top brass would hold a ‘‘chintan shivir’’ (brain-storming camp) in June to have a fresh look at the party’s ideological stance, draw its strategy for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections and formulate long-term measures to tone up the organisation. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of BJP general secretaries at the residence of party president M. Venkaiah Naidu today. | | | |
| Furore in Andhra Assembly over Togadia visit to state | | 2003-03-19 | PTI | The Indian Express | | The state Assembly here today witnessed uproarious scenes with Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) members frequently storming the podium protesting TDP government’s failure to ban VHP international general secretary Pravin Togadia’s entry into the state. | | | |
| Punching numbers in future tense | | 2003-03-19 | Neerja Chowdhury | The Indian Express | | As A B Vajpayee completes five years in office, Neerja Chowdhury takes a look at BJP’s poll strategy. | | | |
| Cong consults historian to face Hindutva threat | | 2003-03-19 | Kota Neelima | The Indian Express | | In its attempt to fine-tune its strategies, especially in view of the Hindutva challenges, the Congress has been holding consultations with various non-political thinkers | | | |
| VHP arrest in Andhra splits allies | | 2003-03-19 | OUR BUREAU | The Telegraph | | Vishwa Hindu Parishad general secretary Praveen Togadia was taken into preventive custody today as he was on his way to a public meeting of the “Hindu Ranabheri” at Anantpur in Andhra Pradesh. | | | |
| VHP vows to hold meeting in Andhra Pradesh despite ban | | 2003-03-18 | Indo-Asian News Service | Hindustan Times | | The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is determined to go ahead with two public meetings in Andhra Pradesh even as the government refused to restore permission for gatherings at Cuddapah and Kurnool towns | | | |
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| Togadia taken into preventive custody | | 2003-03-17 | PTI | The Times Of India | | VHP General Secretary Praveen Togadia was taken into preventive custody on Monday while he was coming to address a public meeting at Anantapur, according to DIG (Anantpur Range) A V Narayana | | | |
| Permission refused for VHP meeting in Andhra | | 2003-03-17 | PTI | The Times Of India | | The police in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh have refused permission to VHP to hold public meetings in the communally sensitive Rayalaseema region to be addressed by its General Secretary Praveen Togadia | | | |
| AP HC permits VHP to hold public meeting | | 2003-03-17 | PTI | The Hindustan Times | | Amidst high drama, Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted permission to VHP to hold its proposed public meeting at Anantapur town, hours after its General Secretary Praveen Togadia was taken into preventive custody while he was on his way to attend the rally | | | |
| VHP leader Dharmendra arrested in MP | | 2003-03-17 | PTI | Rediff News | | Vishwa Hindu Parishad vice-president Giriraj Kishore has condemned the arrest of its leader Dharmendra in Madhya Pradesh. | | | |
| Satyagrah: VHP prepares pitch to help Govt score | | 2003-03-17 | Pradeep Kaushal | The Indian Express | | The VHP may be all sound and fury against the A.B. Vajpayee Government when it launches a satyagrah over the Ayodhya issue here from March 27 following the dharm sansad resolve last month. In reality, the show may be just an exhibition match, intended to make it easier for the Centre to take ‘‘a proper decision.’’ | | | |
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| Andhra HC permits VHP to hold rally | | 2003-03-17 | PTI | The Times Of India | | Amid high drama, Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted permission to VHP for holding its proposed public meeting at Anantapur town, hours after its General Secretary Praveen Togadia was taken into preventive custody while he was on his way to attend the rally | | | |
| Sonia accuses BJP of dividing society | | 2003-03-17 | PTI | The Times Of India | | Virtually launching her party's election campaign in Rajasthan, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday charged the BJP-led NDA government with failing to check the forces dividing the society on communal lines and for ignoring the interests of farmers | | | |
| State VHP men to take part in Delhi dharna | | 2003-03-17 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | The Times Of India | | More Than 10,000 VHP activists from Gujarat are likely to participate in the week-long 'dharna' commencing near the Lok Sabha in New Delhi from March 27 | | | |
| BJP’s Hindutva a political gambit, not real Hinduism | | 2003-03-14 | Anand Sharma | Indian Express | | The pluralistic character of the Indian society and the principles espoused by the founding fathers of our Constitution have been put to severe test by the brazen propaganda of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliate organisations with the aim of foisting its communal agenda. | | | |
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| Imitation Hindutva | Many Political Shades of Saffron | | 2003-03-14 | SHASTRI RAMACHANDARAN | The Times Of India | | In Indian politics the obsession with the obvious is so pervasive that 'small' events are rarely perceived for their larger import. Inevitably the processes they signify are ignored until the trend overwhelms society. Elections are no exception as borne out by the indifference to the electoral pickings of, for example, the Bahujan Samaj Party or Tamil Nadu's Pattali Makkal Katchi during their early days. Only when they arrived, years later, as a political force on the 'national scene' did they merit analysis and study. | | | |
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| State VHP leaders stalked by gunmen | | 2003-03-12 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | Times Of India | | One year after communal riots gripped Gujarat, pro-Hindutva leaders associated with the VHP are under fire. Instances of bold and near fatal attacks have not only got the VHP men on their guard but also put the top brass of state and city police under pressure. | | | |
| Family ties | | 2003-03-11 | Editorial | Indian Express | | The RSS inducts a younger leadership but its resolutions mark no break from the past | | | |
| BJP back on downswing | | 2003-03-10 | Praful Bidwai | Rediff News | | It was characteristic of the hubris-driven approach of Law Minister and former BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley that he should have 'strategised' an assured victory for his party in Himachal Pradesh through what he called 'carpet-bombing:' namely, bombarding the electorate to saturation with campaigning by the party's top guns. It was also typical of Mr Jaitley to imagine that the BJP would overcome its unpopularity (from five years of corrupt governance) by roping in Hindutva firebrand Narendra Modi. Mr Modi, he believed, would repeat the Gujarat 'experiment' by uniting the Hindus as Hindus, cutting across caste, class and regional divides. | | | |
| VHP stir from March 27: Togadia | | 2003-03-10 | PTI | Rediff News | | The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday announced the launch of a week-long agitation in Delhi from March 27 to press its demand for a law to declare the disputed site in Ayodhya as the birthplace of Lord Ram and handing over of the undisputed land to the Ram Janambhoomi Trust. | | | |
| "Savarkar cannot be a Role Model" | | 2003-03-07 | Tara Shankar Sahay | Rediff News | | Historian Professor Bipan Chandra is not amused at the government's installation of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's portrait in the Central Hall of Parliament. | | | |
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| Scam hits Parivar in its home town | | 2003-03-06 | Vivek Deshpande | Indian Express | | The RSS’ declared aim of creating a morally upright generation seems to be taking a beating in its own bastion. Over the last one year, cases of swayamsevaks being accused of fraud have surfaced with unfailing regularity, the latest one involving the daughter-in-law of the RSS spokesman, M.G. Vaidya. | | | |
| Fighting Barista Brahminism? | | 2003-03-05 | Sagarika Ghose | Indian Express | | When members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad assembled in New Delhi last week they complained that they were treated with scorn. They said English-speaking secularists made fun of them. They said they were ridiculed by the ‘Macaulayist’ media | | | |
| Togadia pipes along, few follow | | 2003-03-04 | Hartosh singh Bal | Indian Express | | Honouring those arrested for Ganjbasoda riots, that had broken out over reports of cow-slaughter, VHP international general secretary Pravin Togadia today targeted Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh. However, the crowd of less than 5,000 — though the organisers had claimed more than 50,000 would show up — made it obvious that the Hindutva wave isn’t quite gathering force in the state, despite the Sangh Parivar’s repeated attempts. | | | |
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| Sangh to pump in some young blood at the top | | 2003-03-03 | Express News Service | Indian Express | | H.V. Seshadri, one of the three joint general secretaries (sah-sarkaryavaha) of the RSS, may bow out of office due to his frail health at the three-day general council meeting of the Sangh, scheduled to get underway in Nagpur during March 7-9. | | | |
| Call It A Frame-Up | | 2003-03-03 | RANJIT BHUSHAN | Outlookindia | | History invariably evokes political passions. So, it is only surprising that a meeting of the parliamentary joint committee on December 5 last year, to decide on the installation of portraits and statues, passed without a murmur. Generally, that is how such meetings go—MPs drop their hostility to work together informally. But it's only now that the Opposition is realising—rather late in the day—what a chance it foolishly missed: the meeting, chaired by speaker Manohar Joshi, had approved the unveiling of a portrait of Hindutva hero Veer Savarkar in Parliament's Central Hall with an entire Opposition phalanx nodding in agreement (or slumber). | | | |
| Team Secularism | | 2003-03-03 | SS Gill | Hindustan Times | | In a head-on confrontation with Hindutva, secularism has some inherent limitations. Secularism is a concept born of civilised, rational discourse. It is gentle, humane and accommodative in its approach. In this age of shrill and spicy fare, it is also somewhat bland. It lacks the emotional splendour and missionary zeal of a resurgent ideology. Thus, it lacks a springboard to whip up passions. | | | |
| No review of Z-plus security to Togadia: HC | | 2003-03-03 | PTI | The Times Of India | | A petition challenging the "Z-plus" security provided to VHP leader Praveen Togadia was on Monday dismissed by the Delhi High Court after the government informed the court that it has been given as per the guidelines | | | |
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| VHP plans country-wide 'dharma yatras' from March 5 | | 2003-02-28 | PTI | Hindustan Times | | As part of its agenda to take ahead the Ram temple movement and cause of Hindutva awakening, Vishwa Hindu Parishad plans to undertake country-wide "dharma yatras" and "dharma sabhas", the Maharashtra unit general secretary of VHP Vyankatesh Abdeo said on Friday | | | |
| BJP leader among 18 convicted for communal violence | | 2003-02-28 | HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times | | Senior BJP leader Rameshwar Maru and 17 others, accused of taking part in communal violence and arson, have been sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 3,000 each. | | | |
| Modi's hometown Vadnagar made heritage town | | 2003-02-28 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | Times Of India | | The state’s BJP rulers have decided to give top priority to develop Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s hometown, Vadnagar in north Gujarat, by making it a “heritage town” | | | |
| RSS plans 40,000 schools to counter madrassas | | 2003-02-27 | IANS | Times Of India | | Thousands of schools will be set up along India's borders with Nepal and Bangladesh to counter the reported mushrooming of 'madrassas', or Islamic seminaries. | | | |
| Cong's dilemma over Savarkar's portrait | | 2003-02-27 | NILANJANA BHADURI JHA | Times Of India | | Thirty-seven years after he died, V D Savarkar continues to stir political controversy with clockwork regularity. The latest episode has left the BJP looking a little more saffron, but the Congress positively red-faced | | | |
| RSS workers join Congress | | 2003-02-27 | PTI | Times Of India | | In an unexpected development, around thousand RSS workers from Badod tehsil of Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh have joined Congress, Chief Minister Digvijay Singh claimed here on Thursday. | | | |
| Modi, others get hate mail; case registered | | 2003-02-27 | TIMES NEWS NETWORK | Times Of India | | The Satellite police station on Tuesday registered a case of a threat e-mail being sent to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other top-notch leaders | | | |
| Savarkar: State Cong sings different tune | | 2003-02-27 | Tanvir Siddiqui | Express India | | SONIA Gandhi and her colleagues may have boycotted the unveiling of Veer Savarkar’s portrait in the Parliament building, but back in the land of Mahatma Gandhi, State Congress leaders spoke in a different voice. Not only did Leader of the Opposition Amarsinh Chaudhary of the Congress support the ruling BJP’s decision to install Savarkar’s portrait in the podium of the Gujarat Assembly building, Ahmedabad Mayor Himmatsinh Patel and his deputy Khemchand Solanki paid tributes to Savarkar on his death anniversary by garlanding his statue on Thursday. | | | |
| Threat mail sent from city, says ATS | | 2003-02-27 | | Express India | | INVESTIGATIONS by officers of the cyber crime unit of Anti-Terrorist Squad into the ‘threat-to-life’ e-mail sent allegedly by a terrorist outfit Tehrik-e-Kisas to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Vishwa Hindu Parishad international secretary Dr Pravin Togadia and president Ashok Singhal, has revealed that it was sent from Ahmedabad. | | | |
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