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While the blog remains L -$# brought in Nishad Party to the focused on highlighting the BJP NDA fold in Uttar Pradesh ! core commitment and Advani’s where it faces a tough faceoff 9 + personal journey, the BJP vet- -$#;0",*1)6.)60 to the people of Gandhinagar”, with the SP-BSP-RLD alliance. ) ! %' (: + eran has tried to show mirror 11"6))#*+, 5.+)1 who have elected him to the Praveen Nishad, the MP :.' to many of the party leaders #+1$91%6-#%.$#1"$+, Lok Sabha six times since from Gorakhpur and the giant who have been quick to tag as O $1+#,")150$"1#15), 1991. “Their love and support killer of the last bypoll in UP, “anti-national” anyone who $)1P4"+6-1+9$ has always overwhelmed me,” who joined the BJP on Senior BJP leader and the BJP, SP chief Akhilesh opposed the BJP’s idea of =$"$=$"1$$#-0"+6-1$1 Advani said. Thursday, seemed to be an Union Minister JP Nadda said Yadav termed it as a “ghaatey nationalism. %"$1$-")=-$# He recalled his old days important catch for the party. both the leaders wield consid- ka sauda” (loss-making deal) Prime Minister Narendra ;$)1"#%1#->1? saying serving the mother- BJP also announced an alliance erable influence in their for the saffron party and also Modi lauded Advani’s write-up L $"#-"$'+- land has been his passion and in Rajasthan with the Rashtriya regions, and that they had alleged that money changed and said, “Advani ji perfectly his mission ever since he Loktantrik Party headed by joined the party due to their hands. sums up the true essence of BJP, joined the Rashtriya MLA and former BJP leader faith in the policies of the In an attempt to consoli- most notably the guiding indebted me with their affec- Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at Hanuman Beniwal, a jat leader. Modi Government. date its votes in Rajasthan, the mantra of ‘Nation first, party tion and respect.” the age of 14. Poonam Sinha, one time Rapolu was associated with BJP announced an alliance next, self last’. Proud to be a BJP “The essence of Indian “My political life has been actress and former ‘Miss India’ the Telangana movement and with the Rashtriya Loktantrik karyakarta and proud that democracy is respect for diver- inseparably associated with will be contesting against had quit the Congress last Party headed by MLA and for- great leaders like LK Advani ji sity and freedom of expression. my party for nearly seven Union Home Minister Rajnath month. mer BJP leader Hanuman have strengthened (it).” Right from its inception, the decades, first with the in what promises to be an Nishad, whose father Beniwal on one seat in the The blog shows red-flag to BJP has never regarded those Bharatiya Jana Sangh and later interesting contest. Poonam, a Sanjay Nishad is the head of the State. loose cannons within the party who disagree with us political- with the Bharatiya Janata Party Sindhi, may garner support of Nishad Party, had emerged Beniwal will contest Lok who indulge in vitriolic criti- ly as our ‘enemies’, but only as and I have been a founding around 1.30 lakh Sindhi com- ! !" victorious in the Gorakhpur Sabha polls on Nagaur seat as cism of rivals, making it sound our adversaries,” he said. member of both. It has been munity members in UP’s bypoll last year, after the SP and RLP candidate, BJP’s poll as they were not political oppo- “Similarly, in our concep- my rare privilege to work Capital city, besides the minor- Poonam’s candidature could Joshi, then a Congress MLA the BSP joined hands to take on incharge and Union HRD nents but sworn enemies. tion of Indian nationalism, we closely with stalwarts like ity vote. be the reason for delaying her and former Uttar Pradesh the BJP. He had then contest- Minister Prakash Javadekar Sharing his views ahead of have never regarded those who Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, The Congress has, as of husband’s entry in the Congress Committee chair- ed on a SP ticket. said. He said the RLP will be a the BJP Foundation Day on disagree with us politically as Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee and now, not announced any can- Congress. Shatrughan will now person, was the runner-up in The BJP which has not yet part of the NDA. April 6, Advani said, “As one of ‘anti-national’. The party has many other great, inspiring didate for Lucknow con- be joining the Congress on by securing 2,88,357 votes. announced its candidate for Jat leader Beniwal had the founders of the BJP, I deem been committed to freedom of and self-less leaders,” he said. stituency. In case of the April 6. Meanwhile, besides Gorakhpur, the political turf of floated his own party RLP it to be my duty to share my choice of every citizen at per- In the beginning of his Congress opting out of the Rajnath had won the Praveen Nishad, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister ahead of the 2018 Rajasthan reflections with the people of sonal as well as political level,” blog, the BJP veteran said the contest, Poonam could give a Lucknow seat in 2014 with 55.7 Congress MP from Telangana Yogi Adityanath, may nominate Assembly elections and the India, and more specifically Advani said. guiding principle of his life has tough challenge to Rajnath. per cent of the total 10,06,483 Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu joined Nishad from Gorakhpur. party won three seats, includ- with the millions of workers of The BJP founder leader been “Nation first, party next, According to sources, votes polled. Rita Bahuguna the BJP on Thursday. Hours after Nishad joined ing one by Beniwal. my party, both of whom have expressed his “sincere gratitude self last.” ! " # $ % "" # $ (# !O ! #$ % &' ! &'( our Border Security Force New Delhi: The biopic on the F(BSF) personnel were killed life of Prime Minister Narendra and two others injured on & 7 81 9$ Congress. The Congress was Modi will not hit the theatres Thursday in an ambush by determined to contest on three this Friday (April 5) as sched- Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s insur- $ % fresh round of talks has seats if the AAP is ready for an uled. The release of Omung gency-hit Kanker district. Astarted between the alliance,” he said, adding that Kumar’s PM Narendra Modi The incident comes a week & Congress and the ruling Aam there are many leaders in the has been postponed to April 12, before the first phase of Lok Aadmi Party (AAP) to discuss Delhi Congress who favour trade sources said on Thursday. Sabha elections in the State on the seat sharing formula for the alliance with the AAP. The Supreme Court has April 11. A joint team of BSF’s O ! seven Lok Sabha seats in the However, a final call in this agreed to hear a fresh petition 114th battalion and the district "#$%$" '() national Capital. regard will be taken by party seeking to defer the release of force of police were out on an * A senior Congress leader president Rahul Gandhi in the film on April 8. “area domination” operation + said the possibility of an next few days, the leader The Vivek Oberoi-starrer around noon in a dense forest alliance is still alive and talks added. film ran into controversies near Mahla village when they L M ' are going on. The speculation Meanwhile, Delhi after the Congress and other were attacked, said Deputy ( () of tie-up started on Wednesday Congress president Sheila Opposition parties approached Inspector General of Police ./ 0 evening after AAP’s Rajya Dikshit, at a party programme, the Election Commission alleg- (anti-Naxal op) Sundarraj P. 1 Sabha member Sanjay Singh gave a cryptic reply showing ing that the release of the film The deceased were identi- & met All India Congress her reservation against alliance during the election period fied as Assistant Sub-Inspector Committee (AICC) incharge of with the AAP. “Rest assured we amounted to violation of the Bipul Borah from Assam, con- & ' Delhi PC Chacko. According to will remain as we are,” Sheila model code of conduct, that stables Silam Ramkrishna from & ' sources in the Congress, the said when asked about the pos- kicked in on March 12. Andhra Pradesh, Ishrar Khan (234 41 ruling party offered to give two sibility of the Congress’ alliance The first phase of the Lok from Jharkhand, and ( seats to the Congress, which is with the AAP.