Modinama 2014 News Stream

Will Modi make it as India’s first lower caste PM?

Saeed Naqvi | New Delhi | 11:10 PM

In spite of its upper caste character, the Sangh Parivaar has shown greater foresight than the Congress in cultivating and promoting leaders from lower castes to positions of power in the BJP. Kalyan Singh, Bangaru Laxman, Uma Bharti and Shivraj Chauhan are some examples. Should Modi lead the NDA to more than 200 seats, he will be the first lower caste claimant from the party for the prime ministership.

Modi accuses Congress of patronising Indian Mujahideen for Vote Bank politics

Agency Report | Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) | 10:30 PM

Narendra Modi has reverted to his original communal agenda by equating terrorism with Muslims and the Congress and Samajwadi Party as beneficiaries of Muslim vote-bank politics. He has projected himself as the only “unstoppable” force against the politics of “pistols, guns and bombs” who will make terrorists “bow down” and finish them from their “roots”.

Govt rejects BJP rant for SPG cover for Modi

Agency Report | New Delhi | 02:20 PM

The threat perception to his life has been effectively used by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate to his benefit in his home state Gujarat. Now his party is trying to use the same bogey to get Narendra Modi SPG security befitting the country’s prime minister, which even the law of the land does not allow.