PTI : New Delhi, Sun Aug 11 2013, 21:22 hrs The announcement was made by Swamy in the presence of BJP president Rajnath Singh, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari.IE Photo Subramanian Swamy today announced the merger of his Janata Party with BJP ahead of the 2014 general elections. The announcement was made by Swamy in the presence of BJP president Rajnath Singh, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari. Ahead of the merger, Swamy held discussions with senior BJP leaders at Rajnath Singh's residence, who accepted the merger of his party in BJP and hoped it will make BJP stronger. "Dr Subramanian Swamy is national president of Janata Party and he has decided that the Janata Party and BJP should merge. Today, I accept the merger of Janata Party with BJP. I am confident that with Swamy's joining the BJP and the merger of his party will benefit the BJP...I welcome Dr Swamy in BJP," Singh said after Swamy's decision. Singh said Swamy has been a leader of the Jana Sangh earlier and has accepted that it is the need of the hour in national interest to work together and unite. After the merger, Swamy said, "I am very pleased that the President of BJP and the leaders of BJP have welcomed me into BJP as a part of the merger process." He said the country is passing through "very difficult times" and "This is the time for unity, for national and nationalist purpose...I hope to work together and work for the Bharatiya Janata Party along with my colleagues to see that a new future for India can be built in the coming months." Swamy has served as member of the Planning Commission and a former Cabinet Minister at the Centre and has been a five-time MP. Swamy is an ardent proponent of Hindutva philosophy outside the Sangh Parivar and has been active in exposing the 2G Spectrum scam. He recently questioned the Jet-Etihad deal. ALSO READTERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG-HbzC9ZkAPdMmmN3cWBosPgVUeg&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/subramanian-swamys-janta-party-merges-with-bjp/1153983/ | |||
| |||
| |||
|
Home »Unlabelled » Subramanian Swamy's Janta Party merges with BJP - Indian Express
Sunday 11 August 2013
Subramanian Swamy's Janta Party merges with BJP - Indian Express
Debarjun Saha | 19:35 |
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Search
Popular Posts
-
19 March 2013 Last updated at 12:31 ET By Robert Pig...
-
The softness shown to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by the BJPĆ¢™s PM candidate Narendra Modi at his firs...
-
Zee Media Bureau/Biplob Ghosal 3:25 pm: Kejriwal is a specialist in telling lies: Harsh Vardhan BJP lead...
-
Roy had resigned as advisor to CM on Wednesday. The resi...
-
Five people were feared killed after a suspected gas leakage triggered a blast at Alang ship breaking yard...
-
The Supreme Court (SC) decision to term coal blocks allotted between 1993 and 2010 as "illegal"...
-
Redirect Notice Redirect Notice The previous page is sending you to http://www.montrealgazette.com/news...
-
NEW DELHI: Trying hard to get Chinese troops off Indian terr...
-
This is how it ends, not with a blazing boundary but wit...
No comments:
Post a Comment