Inshallh, Modi will win: Deoband-based cleric Maulana Suhaib Qasmi.

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Deoband cleric declares support for Narendra Modi

Qasmi ruled out the stigma of Gujarat riots on Modi,
claiming the court has given him a clean chit.
(Picture for representation purpose only).

Mohd Faisal Fareed | Indian Express | Lucknow | February 28, 2014:: A Deoband-based cleric Maulana Suhaib Qasmi has announced his support for BJP prime ministerial Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections. The decision has created a stir in the area with some sporadic protests by local clerics.

Qasmi ruled out the stigma of Gujarat riots on Modi, claiming the court has given him a clean chit. “Then why do we support Congress, which is also responsible for several riots. Supporting Mulayam Singh and Mayawati is indirectly supporting Congress. So better go with the BJP with your set of conditions,” he stated.

“I have studied at Darul Uloom Deoband and have connections. People are coming out in my support. Muslims also want change and are craving for development,” he said.

Qasmi, who heads Jamaat Ulema-e-Hind which claims to have nearly 16,000 Muslim clerics as its members, has also announced to hold a conference of Muslim Ulemas in Saharanpur in the first week of March.

“There is no harm in trying BJP once. We should deliberate on a development agenda for the community while bargaining for support. No personal interest should be there, which is a practice,” he said.

“When the Madani family which includes both uncle-nephew duo Arshad Madani and Mehmood Madani can change their support to different political parties in every election, there is no harm in supporting Modi. We have given the slogan ‘Vote For Change’, Qasmi told The Indian Express.

A native of Bijnore, Qasmi is extensively touring Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Deoband to garner support for Modi.

“I announced my decision publicly on February 24 in Deoband. I am not regretting my decision which I took after interacting with senior BJP leaders including Nitin Gadkari, Tarun Vijay, Indresh Kumar, Ramlal and J P Nadda. “After deliberations with them I decided to support BJP,” he stated.

Qasmi claimed his campaign has support from several local clerics. “You will be surprised when I will organise a conference of clerics. Muslims want to get rid of Madani family who use Deoband seminary for their personal interests. Innocent students are mobilised for their meetings so that they can show crowd,” he said.

Courtesy: Indian Express.

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After Ram Vilas Paswan of LJP, Karunanidhi of DMK hints at backing Narendra Modi.

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The Paswan Effect? Now DMK chief praises his ‘good friend’ Modi

Gopu Mohan | Chennai | March 1, 2014:: A day after Ram Vilas Paswan joined the NDA, M Karunanidhi described Narendra Modi as a “good friend”, and praised his “hard work”.

In 2002, the leader of the LJP had quit Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ministry, saying that the riots in Gujarat would have “reverberations across the country”. And the DMK chief has repeatedly professed his commitment to “secularism”.

“(Modi’s) ongoing election campaign shows how hardworking he is. He is also a good friend of mine,” Karunanidhi said in an interview published in a Tamil daily on Friday. The comment raised eyebrows in Tamil Nadu because the DMK has so far stressed that it would align with neither Congress nor BJP, and emphasised especially the need to prevent “communal forces” from coming to power.

The interview had no questions about the Gujarat riots. Asked in the interview about the possibility of a post-poll alliance with the BJP, Karunanidhi said, “I cannot predict what the scenario after the Lok Sabha election will be.” He did mention his camaraderie with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but they were overshadowed in the “good friend” status that he accorded to Modi.

As his comment — and the possibility of it being a signal to the BJP — was analysed all day, Karunanidhi refused to speak to the media throng outside his home and the DMK office. Party spokesperson and MP TKS Elangovan argued there was nothing wrong in expressing personal opinions about individuals. “People can be friends and still not form an alliance due to differences in policies. We stand by our general council decision to give a non-Congress, non-BJP alternative,” he said.

Senior BJP leader Ela Ganesan, the state president of the party when the DMK was part of the NDA over a decade ago, too, downplayed the comment on Modi, saying it was Karunanidhi’s personal opinion, and had no political significance.

“Our decision is to set up a non-AIADMK, non-DMK coalition in Tamil Nadu, and we have come some distance on that path. Now there is no question of a BJP-DMK alliance,” Ganesan said.

The BJP has been in talks with the DMDK, MDMK, PMK and a few caste outfits, but is yet to finalise a poll deal. In December 2013, Karunanidhi had praised Modi as a “good person” and “capable administrator”, setting off the first wave of speculation about a possible re-joining of forces. The DMK had quit the NDA in December 2003, and chosen to contest the 2004 elections with the UPA.

At its state conference in Tiruchirappalli on February 15-16, the party resolved to ally with only those who were secular, believed in social justice, and supported the Sethusamudram shipping channel project. The first and last conditions were believed to have automatically excluded the BJP.

Courtesy: Indian Express.

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No other option than Modi: Amit Shah

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Narendra Modi at helm has created anti-incumbency for parties: Amit Shah 

By Palak Shah, ET Bureau | 10 Feb, 2014:: BJP PM candidate's confidant Amit Shah says Narendra Modi's leadership has generated anti-incumbency for other parties across the country because of his 'proven administrative efficiency.' In an interview to Palak Shah, he says if his leader contests from UP, BJP would make huge gains. Excerpts:

What do you feel now that the CBI has given you a clean chit in the Ishrat Jahan case?

I feel that it is the end of debate (charcha). Nothing else. These things don't affect me. I'm always at peace.

How well will BJP do in Uttar Pradesh, where you have been busy?

The environment is good. The BJP will emerge as the largest party.

How many seats?

Until the candidates are declared, we cannot say anything. If somebody gives any estimate before candidates' list, their prediction would be wrong. But the mood is in favour of BJP. There is a wave in favour of Modi. UP wants change. But I do not want to get into this prediction game before candidates are declared.

Will your UP list have radical changes?

There is some difference every time. I cannot give you details just to make headlines for your newspaper.

When will your list be out?

We have not decided yet. The BJP parliamentary board will decide. It is difficult to give a date.

Will Narendra Modi contest from UP?

That is yet to be decided. Modiji will definitely fight the Lok Sabha elections. But the place is yet to be decided.

Would he contest from Gujarat and UP?

How can we say before it is decided by the party?

By when will it be decided?

Even that is not decided.

Won't it be of help if Modi decides to contest from Uttar Pradesh?

Yes, I can say for sure that if he contests from UP, BJP will make good gains in the state. But I would still like to add that it is yet to be decided as to where Modiji would contest from.

What is your Uttar Pradesh strategy?

The anti-incumbency against SP and Congress is so strong that there is no need to make a strategy exposing them. People have not forgotten the corruption of BSP and deterioration of law and order after SP came to power. It has turned the entire state against the SP government. In my entire career, I have not seen any political party in our country lose its popularity as fast as SP did after coming to power. SP has raced towards unpopularity and people have pinned hopes on BJP now. 
The difference in Narendra Modi's leadership will be seen in all areas. It has generated anti incumbency for other political parties in the country. We can show that the leadership of Modiji is not based on loose talk but proven administrative efficiency. He has given a concrete leadership to Gujarat in 12 years.

This time, the caste arithmetic favours BJP. The entire Backward Castes are attracted towards us. All parties except BJP in UP have demanded minority reservation based on religion, which has angered OBCs. So they have pinned their hope on BJP.

Where does BJP stand on minority reservation?

BJP has vocally opposed it. It is unconstitutional. There is no provision for minority reservation based on religion in the Constitution. Also, given the 50% cap on all reservations and given that Scheduled Castes and Tribes have constitutionally guaranteed reservations within this, another form of reservation linked to religion will have to happen at the cost of OBCs. We will not support policies that lessen or take away the rights of OBCs.

But then isn't economic backwardness among Muslims a reality?

If Muslims get reservation on the basis of their caste we have no objection, but we will object and oppose if they get reservation on the basis of their religion. There are some castes among Muslims that fall in the OBC category. We have no objection to reservations for them.  Those who are Backward among Muslims and other religions can already avail of reservation benefits. We do not oppose any reservation to them.

But why promote this idea of reservation based on religion? BJP is against the idea of reservation based on religion. We do not want to divide the country based on religion. But whoever falls under the definition of OBC and other such categories has a right to reservation constitutionally irrespective of religion. 

Courtesy: Economic Times.

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'Congress spews venom'. Modi counters Sonia`s `fields of poison` remark.

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Modi counters Sonia`s `fields of poison` remark, says Congress spews venom

Hemant Abhishek | Zee News | Januaty 02, 2014::  Narendra Modi on Sunday hit back at Sonia Gandhi over her 'zeher ki kheti' barb, saying it is the Congress which sows and spews poison and reaps the harvest from it by its divisive politics. 

Modi accused the Congress of putting one religion against another, one caste against another and one state against another. 

"Sonia Gandhi has told Rahul that power is poison. Who has been in power for most of the time during the last 60 years?.. In whose stomach has this poison gone? Who is spewing this poison? Who is harvesting the poison? They (Congress) are the ones who sow the seeds of poison," the BJP prime ministerial candidate said at a rally here. 

Also Read: Narendra Modi's 'Vijay Shankhnaad' rally: As it happened. 

He said the country is seeking answers from Congress to its issues but its replies are wayward. "People are asking Sonia Gandhi why farmers are committing suicide, her reply is people are sowing seeds of poison." 

Modi's counter-attack came a day after Sonia Gandhi at a rally in Karnataka accused Modi and BJP of indulging in divisive politics by "sowing seeds of poison" (zeher ki kheti) and instigating violence in their "hunger" for power. 

In his 50-minute speech, Modi attacked the Congress, ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and the AAP government in Delhi and sought a mandate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections by projecting himself as 'chowkidar' who will guard public funds. 

Read here the full report here>>>

Related: Highlights of Narendra Modi's speech at Meerut rally: TOI.

Congress tasted poison the most, Modi slams Sonia, Rahul Gandhi: One India.

Courtesy: Z News | TOI | One India. .

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MODI TIMES: First ever Modi News-Views tabloid publishes from Kolkata.

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First ever Modi News - Views Tabloid "MODI TIMES" in Bengali is to be published from Kolkata. 

Management group of MODI TIMES has a high expectation to be inaugurated it by Narendra Modi Himself at NAMO RALLY at Brigade Parade Ground on 5th February 2014. 

Modi Times Bureau | Kolkata | 01 Feb 2014: The concept of an exclusive online portal for Narendra Modi News and Views is yet to be completed. The efforts of www.moditimes.blogspot.in is in the process of its fulfillment. But, it is a ground reality that the printed edition of MODI TIMES in Bengali is ready to be out in Bengali version and trying other versions as well. 

First ever Modi News - Views Tabloid "MODI TIMES" in Bengali is to be published from Kolkata.  MODI TIMES Management group is highly expecting its inauguration by Narendra Modi himself at NAMO RALLY art Brigade Parade Ground on 5th February 2014. 

The tabloid of eight pages encompassing all most all the news, views and poll surveys about BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will give a new boost for the Modi aspirant people and the BJP workers and supports on work. Though the issue of January 2014 has already been printed, the copies will be circulated from NAMO JANACHETANA RALLY at KOLKATA on 5th Feb after it happens to be inaugurated in the hands of Sri Narendra Modi. 

Survey says that, public has a great interest for this tabloid on Modi as it was flashed in its facebook page of Modi Times at https://www.facebook.com/pages/MODI-TIMES/581517951904099 and twitter page @modiTimes and Goggle Plus at +Modi Times .

The founder editor of MODI TIMES Group, Upananda Brahmachari Bharati (mail2moditimes@gmail.com) has already approached the matter to the State BJP leadership by email and with personal contact.

Sri Bunibroto Dasgupta of india272.com cell and Sri Krishanu Mitra of BJP IT Cell are well aware of the fact and helping a lot for the grand launching of MODI TIMES from  NAMO JANACHETANA RALLY at Kolkata. 

For getting a stall at Brigade NAMO rally, the MODI TIMES management has also approached formally in writing to senior State BJP Org Secretary, Sri Amalendu Chattopadhaya. 

Sri Amaresh Mukhopadhya, veteran educationist and social reformer of South 24 Pgs is the Editor of the MODI TIMES in its Bengali edition. The other executives in the editorial board are: Upananda Brahmachari Bharti, Bunibroto Dasgupta, Tapan Biswas, Manoranjan Kayal, Rama Roy, Arindam Halder and Chandan Ghosh. An agile Modi fan and staunch patriotic young man Prosad Roy is the publisher of this now monthly (expected fortnightly) MODI TIMES. 

The paper MODI TIMES in Bengali will be available from different points of the state of West Bengal at a donation of Rs.2.00 only.

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Bappi Lahiri sings NAMO songs. Joined Modi Brigade with other TV artists and anchors.

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Bappi Lahiri joins BJP to sing the victory song for Narendra Modi. 

It’s music to BJP, Bappi Lahiri joins party

THE HINDU SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT | NEW DELHI | 31 JANUARY 2014:: Hindi film music director Bappi Lahiri joined the BJP on Friday.

Mr. Lahiri, known for his flamboyant dressing and penchant for gold jewellery, said there was a wave in the country in favour of the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

The music director, who had campaigned for the Congress in 2004, said that 10 years ago, there was a Congress wave. But now “the wave is here,” he told mediapersons at the BJP headquarters in the capital.

Party president Rajnath Singh said Mr. Lahiri’s services might be used in his home State, West Bengal.

Others who joined the party are Tuhin Sinha, writer of television soap Yeh Rista Kya Kehlata Hai and co-author of the former BJP president Nitin Gadkari's book ‘India Aspires’; actor Prashant Narayan; TV actress and former president of the Jodhpur University Students Union Ashima Sharma; writer of the children series ‘My Friend Ganesha’ Sachindra Sharma; TV actor Gaurav Chopra and scriptwriter Rajiv Dhamija. [Courtesy: The Hindu].

Really, It’s a music to BJP circles. Bappi Lahiri joins party to contest in Lok Sabha election from a West Bengal seat as the reliable sources supports the reality of the news.  Bappida wishes to sing the victory song for Narendra Modi. ~ modiTimes.

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Modi tea stall near Rahul's interaction venue in Raipur.

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BJP's experiment: Modi tea stall near Rahul's interaction venue in Raipur

Ejaz Kaiser |  Hindustan Times |  Raipur | January 29, 2014 :: As Congress workers will gather on Wednesday in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur to listen to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, they will also find their way to a Narendra Modi tea stall set up near the venue.

Rahul will visit Raipur in the afternoon to hold a dialogue session with party workers and leaders where he is expected to take questions and address the gathering at the city's indoor stadium.

The timing and venue of BJP's tea experiment to connect with the voters is going to raise eyebrows.

The responsibility of managing BJP prime ministerial candidate Modi's tea vendor symbolism - Chai Choupal and Chai pe Charcha - has been taken up by the state unit of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).

The campaign is centred around tea stalls and is meant to take Modi's message to the heart of local political discussions in India and remind people of his own humble origins as a tea vendor.

It also aims to turn the jibes made about Modi's tea-seller background by rival politicians in recent weeks to his advantage.

Modi will officially launch the campaign on February 1 in Gandhinagar, by interacting live with people at 1,000 tea stalls across 300 parliamentary constituencies using a combination of internet, television broadcast technology, mobile and social media platforms.

"We are setting up mobile tea stalls at various points across the city to offer tea free of cost. It might be a sheer coincidence that today's spot is close to the venue where Rahul Gandhi is visiting. Our aim is just to run a campaign in support of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who gets the opportunity to assume nation’s top responsibility as against the Congress where the dynastic rule prevails," the BJYM state president Anurag Singhdeo told Hindustan Times.

He insisted that they have nothing to do with the Congress event.

"The date-wise spot selection had been planned earlier," he said.

The Congress has criticised the move and said that it's not a mere coincidence that the BJYM hopes to stir up their campaign on Modi through the tea stall close to the venue.

"The BJP is known to create needless controversy," said Congress spokesperson Shailesh Nitin Trivedi.

Courtesy: HT.

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Important News for MODI TIMES: January 2014

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WE ARE AGAIN BACK IN THE SERVICE OF BHARAT MATA & HIS GALLANT SON MODI.

Narendra Modi in a Public Meeting: CREDIT: REUTERS/ADNAN ABIDI

• One-third of voters want Narendra Modi for PM - poll: Reuters
• 'They are copycats': BJP accuses Congress of lifting Modi's phrase for Rahul's ad: TOI
• Will Narendra Modi Make It in 2014?: Forbes India Mag
• The real 2014 battle: Modi vs Kejriwal: The Asian Age
• As Advani, Sushma rally behind him, Modi hits out at Congress, AAP: IE
• Modi, Mulayam cross swords in UP: The Hindu
• Narendra Modi in Gorakhpur- Full Coverage: india272.com
• Failed Congress, anarchic AAP will contribute to Narendra Modi's surge- Arun Jaitley: Znews
• Narendra Modi visa issue haunts poll-bound Silicon Valley: TOI
• Not just India, why Modi is a problem in US elections too : First Post.
• Modi can never be PM, but can sell tea at AICC meet- Aiyar: TOI
• 'Modi has a secular image now': Rediff
• 2014 Lok Sabha Elections: Kiran Bedi Chooses Narendra Modi: IBT
• Ficci to lend an ear to Modi: The Telegraph

Courtesy: All sources above.

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Modi - Ram combination for 2014 Lok Sabha Poll.

Ramdev to go on door-to-door campaign for Narendra Modi

TNN | Bangalore | Dec 29, 2013:: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday said he will organize a door-to-door campaign—Vote for Modi—in the run up to the 2014 polls.

Ramdev, who was speaking at the Press Club, came down heavily on the Nehru family and the Congress. "Corruption exists in all parties. But politicians like Modi, Mamata Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik are not corrupt. The difference between the Congress and the BJP is that even the top leaders of the former are corrupt," he said.

Referring to Rahul Gandhi as a 'baccha', he said Modi is like the Himalayas and Rahul is too small. "Rahul has become a zero from hero. He hasn't done anything in the past 10 years, what will he do now," he said. He said he hopes to get answers from Modi on January 5 regarding problems faced by the common man in the fields of agriculture, education and health.

The yoga guru didn't even spare the new Delhi chief minister. "Arvind Kejriwal made three mistakes. He didn't stick to his promise of neither lending nor taking support from any party. He went on to take support from the Congress. He also passed comments against Anna Hazare," said Ramdev. "The day they file an FIR against Sheila Dikshit, the support will end," he said.

Baba said he doesn't believe that the Aam Aadmi Party can replicate its success in other states. "AAP can cause side effects but can't have a big impact," he said, assuring people that he will never enter active politics but only support politics that ensures a good democracy.

Courtesy: TOI.

Half Mad Lalu Yadav commented on Narendra Modi.

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Disbalanced Lalu commented on NaMo. This Man Lalu Yadav ate such an amount of cow fodder, he is now stuffed only with cow-dung in his head.

Now it is proved that this fake follower of JP is actually a stooge of Congress, inner of Sonia and foot-licker of Rahul. 

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Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal no match to Rahul Gandhi: Lalu Prasad

Muzaffarnagar | TOI | Dec 29, 2013:: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal are no match to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

Lalu assessed that Arvind Kejriwal and Narendra Modi is nothing in front of Rahul Gandhi.

"Rahul Gandhi is Rahul Gandhi. It is the media, which has created the hype about Kejriwal and Modi," claimed Lalu.

He also attacked the AAP saying, "In a month, people of Delhi will realise that they have made a mistake. People don't know what kind of people they are, especially the people living in slums don't know about their mistake.

"The dream Kejriwal has showed to the people is nothing but a big drama. He will set the worst record of governance in Delhi. He is no Raja Harishchandra," he added.

Lalu, who is on a visit to Muzaffarnagar relief camps and meet the families of riot victims, said, "Muzaffarnagar riot victims were in relief camps and during that time I was in jail. I got to know that many children have died due to the cold. So, I had decided that I would definitely visit the relief camps and meet the families staying there."

Prasad, whose party is expected to have an alliance with the Congress for the next Lok Sabha polls, came in Muzaffarnagar Sunday morning.

His visit is being coordinated by Rajya Sabha member Mohammed Adeeb. Adeeb was made the member of the upper house with the support of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress.

Prasad is expected to visit half a dozen relief camps inhabited by members of the Muslim community.

Prasad is considered a popular leader among the community and his party RJD had been in power in Bihar for 15 years largely on the basis of MY (Muslim-Yadav) combination.

Prasad, who had arrested BJP leader L K Advani during the Ram Janambhoomi movement in the 1990s, has been projecting himself to be a true secular and talking about playing a larger role in halting the march of Narendra Modi-led BJP.

Lalu's visit comes a week after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi made an unannounced visit to to the riot-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar district and relief camps to meet the affected people from both the Muslim and Hindu communities.

Courtesy: TOI.