Jethmalani To Gadkari

• I have been denied nomination by the party: Mahesh Jethmalani to NDTV

  Mahesh Jethmalani, a lawyer and dissident within the BJP, says he would like to put up a "token contest" against Mr Gadkari, but has been told he does not qualify.

• May put up token fight for BJP top job, says lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani

  Lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani is undecided about whether to run against Nitin Gadkari, who appears to be closing in on a second term as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). "I just said there should be a contest if Mr Gadkari is contesting. If I have to engage in a token fight, I may decide," Mr Jethmalani said in Mumbai today.

• Decision on Ram Jethmalani's suspension from BJP likely soon

  A decision on revoking the suspension of senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani may be taken by Monday, sources have told NDTV. The 86-year-old lawyer-turned-politician was suspended on November 26 last year for demanding the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari after accusations of corruption, and for daring the party to a...

• Ram Jethmalani's letter to Gadkari

  Suspended BJP member Ram Jethmalani has targeted the party's leaders in Parliament, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, in a fresh letter, sparking off another bitter war of words.

• BJP issues showcause notice to Ram Jethmalani

  A day after it suspended Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani for indiscipline, the BJP has now issued a showcause notice to the senior leader. The decision comes after a meeting of the BJP's parliamentary board today to discuss the growing rebellion in the party. The action against Mr Jethmalani follows his vocal dissent, first on Nitin Gadkari conti...

• After Jethmalani, BJP might suspend Shatrughan next, warning for Yashwant Sinha: sources

  The BJP's top leadership will meet today to discuss growing rebellion in the party, a day after it suspended Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani for his vocal dissent, first on party president Nitin Gadkari's continuance and then on the issue of the appointment of the new CBI chief.

• Ram Jethmalani suspended from BJP for indiscipline; his remarks meant to help Congress, says party

  The BJP has suspended senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani from the party with immediate effect. Mr Jethmalani has, in the last few days, openly taken on the party, especially over the issue of the appointment of the new CBI chief. He had written to BJP president Nitin Gadkari, slamming the party's opposition to the appointment, inst...

• CBI chief appointment row: Shatrughan Sinha backs Ram Jethmalani

  After supporting Ram Jethmalani and Yashwant Sinha's demand for resignation of Nitin Gadkari as the BJP chief, party leader Shatrughan Sinha today sided with Mr Jethmalani again on the appointment of Ranjit Sinha as the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying there was no ground to initiate disciplinary action against the ...

• Ram Jethmalani writes to Nitin Gadkari, questions criticism of CBI chief appointment

  BJP MP Ram Jethmalani today criticised his party's attack on the government over the appointment of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director alleging that the move was "instigated" by the "most undesirable rival".

• Revolt in BJP: Yashwant Sinha wants Gadkari to quit; party snubs him

  Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has resurrected his demand for the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari. Mr Sinha had earlier allied with party MP in Rajya Sabha Ram Jethmalani in making the same demand. "Whether Gadkari is guilty or not is not the issue. Those in public life should be beyond reproach," Mr Sinha said on Tuesday in a press ...

• Narendra Modi should explain his stand on Nitin Gadkari, challenges Digvijaya Singh

  The BJP's president Nitin Gadkari has refuted allegations that the demand voiced last week for his removal from office is attributable, at least in part, to the political sorcery of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.

• Ram was a 'bad husband', says Ram Jethmalani

  In a major embarrassment to the BJP, which has spearheaded the Ram Temple movement and Hindutva agenda, the party's Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani today termed Ram, the protagonist of Ramayana, as a "bad husband".

• BJP backs Nitin Gadkari, LK Advani skips core group meeting

  Despite a very public and high-decibel revolt, the BJP not only continued to back its president, Nitin Gadkari today, but, after a two-hour-long meeting of top leaders at the party headquarters in Delhi, exonerated him from charges of corruption or financial misdemeanour, saying in a statement, "There is no legal or moral wrongdoing on Nitin Gadkar...

• BJP meeting, expected to back Gadkari, begins; Advani missing

  The BJP is scheduled to declare tonight that despite a very public and high-decibel revolt today, the party stands by its president, Nitin Gadkari, and that he will remain in office till December when his term expires.

• Nitin Gadkari crisis: BJP to stand by its president, Ram Jethmalani tones down attack

  BJP leader Ram Jethmalani , who front-lined the revolt demanding the removal of the party's president, says he's now willing to hear the other side of the story. This morning, Mr Jethmalani, eminent lawyer and BJP parliamentarian, was categorical that Nitin Gadkari 's removal is "urgently called for."