BJP  asked the Delhi government to declare a public holiday on Chhath Puja, a festival in which Hindu god Sun is worshipped.

“The government should declare a public holiday on Chhath Puja or, if not, at least a restricted holiday keeping in mind the number of people celebrating this festival here. As many as 50 lakh people do Chhath Puja in Delhi,” BJP’s Delhi unit chief Vijendra Gupta said.

He also demanded sufficient security arrangements at the Chhath ghats. “Also, supply of power, water and transport should be ensured and health camps organised so that the devotees should not feel inconvenienced.”

BJP also asked for the Yamuna banks to be cleaned besides arrangements for free parking at the ghats.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate from North-East, B L Sharma ‘Prem’, a two-time MP, had quit the BJP in 1997 to join VHP and had disassociated himself from active politics. He held important posts such as national secretary in the VHP. Sharma also known as “Prem Singh Sher” is the founder of Akhand Hindusthan Morcha and currently member of VHP international advisory committee. His exit from politics in 1997 was equally eventful; he left claiming that “politics is like prostitution”.

He resigned from party membership too and retired to Haridwar, converting to Sikhism a few months later.B L Sharma Prem embraced the “Khalsa panth” in 1999, He also changed his name ‘Prem Singh Sher’ and his wife Krishna Sharma Prem was also baptised Krishan Kaur.

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Campaigning for the assembly elections in the Capital reached its peak here on Wednesday, with the electorate bombarded with over 80 rallies,big and small. And wherever public meetings were not allowed, roadshows were thrown in.

With just two days to go for the Delhi Assembly elections, campaigning reached a feverish pitch in the Capital on Wednesday with bigwigs of all major parties, including Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party and L.K. Advani and Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party, hitting the road to woo voters. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi took up cudgels on behalf of his party, addressing a public meeting at Dilshad Garden, part of the Seemapuri constituency.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) chief ministerial candidate for Delhi elections V.K. Malhotra Tuesday replied to the Election Commission’s (EC) notice explaining that he did not violate any norms while filling his nomination.

According to the Election Commission guideline the maximum number of vehicles allowed to come within the periphery of 100 meters of the returning officer’s chamber is three. The maximum number of persons allowed in at the time of filing nomination is the candidate and four others.
EC Monday issued a notice to Malhotra for violating these instructions.

Upset over the selection of candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, along with their supporters, Friday held a protest outside its state office here. The protest took place outside the BJP’s Delhi Pradesh office at Pandit Pant Marg over unconfirmed reports of selection of candidates for some assembly seats.

Arun Jaitley, the debonair national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has emerged the front runner to become the next president of the party.

Unanimity has almost emerged both within the BJP and the parent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh over incumbent president Rajnath Singh’s successor.

Although Singh still has 18 month remaining, suggestions are being made that it would be politically prudent to hand over reigns of the party to Jaitley before the next general elections, due in April-May next year.

Jaitley, a former federal minister and leading Supreme Court lawyer, is seen as the lucky mascot. He has emerged as a supreme tactician and is being credited for the BJP’s revival after it lost power at the centre in 2004 by ensuring victories of the party in various states.

The just concluded Karnataka elections has in a way settled the old debate over who will succeed veterans Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani, the two leaders responsible for BJP’s growth over the past 28 years since its inception.

Advani, being projected as the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate, is already 80. If he succeeds, Advani would become the oldest prime minister of the country.

Sources : http://www.gulfnews.com