Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, mounted a blistering attack on the Congress-led UPA government and accused it of step-motherly treatment with non-Congress ruled state.

Actor-turned-politician and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha has said that the perception of disunity in the BJP is a major problem for the party at the moment.

The Bhartiya Janata Party will launch a “Mahasangram Abhiyan’ against corruption and black money in July and August.

The BJP on Saturday reiterated its “full support” to Baba Ramdev’s fast against corruption.
The BJP accused the Congress of “double standards” on the issue and said that while its ministers held talks with Baba Ramdev, some party leaders continued to criticise the yoga guru’s agitation.

The Congress has deferred plans to hold its chintan shivir (brainstorming session) in view of the developments inside and outside the UPA and corruption becoming a major issue.

With over 10,000 Indians and PIOs (Persons of Indian Origin) still in violence-hit Yemen where nearly 200 people have been killed, the external affairs ministry has set up helplines for them.

Launching the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) here, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday called for social audit of all government schemes to ensure people’s participation as well as administrative accountability in their implementation. The NRLM seeks to ensure self-employment among families belonging to below poverty line (BPL) category.

Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari was the first celebrity to reach Ramlila Maidan — the site of Baba Ramdev’s hunger strike — on Saturday where he sang bhajans and patriotic songs along with thousands of supporters of the yoga guru.

The BJP has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rating for his seven-year tenure in office was merely 25 per cent.

Justice N. Santosh Hegde, a member of civil society in the joint drafting committee for Lokpal Bill, on Saturday said there is nothing wrong in the presence of Sangh Parivar leader Sadhvi Ritambhara on the dais where Baba Ramdev is on a hunger strike against black money.