Ram Madhav is a national general secretary of the BJP, who played a key role in stitching up an alliance between his party and the Peoples Democratic Party of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Madhav worked closely with Sayeed and then with his daughter, Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed, steering the alliance through a difficult course between 2015 and […]
The BJP-PDP alliance, which was carefully crafted in 2015, has come to an abrupt end, sending Jammu and Kashmir into yet another stint of Governor’s Rule. The man who announced the break-up was, ironically, one of the architects of that “historic alliance” — BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Ram Madhav. Speaking to CNN-News18, Madhav explains […]
Shri Ram Madhav Ji spoke to CNN News 18’s Shreya Dhoundial on the Centre’s decision to announce a temporary ceasefire in the valley during the Ramzan as a goodwill gesture. Here are the edited excerpts from the interview: Q: What is your realistic assessment of the Ramzan ceasefire? Ram Madhav: The first two weeks since the […]
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr, an American theologian, ethicist, and commentator on politics and public affairs, had once said of democracy: “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary”. It is this dance of democracy, a product of man’s capacity and cold-bloodedness, that the nation is witnessing with awe […]
Prime Narendra Minister Modi begins his two-day visit to Wuhan city in China today for a unique meeting with President Xi Jinping, described as an “informal meeting”. PM Modi is being accompanied by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and a few other officials. It is expected that the two leaders would […]
Text of Address at the Inaugural Session of the 2nd Sochi Eurasian Integration Forum on “Prospects for development and strengthening of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held on April 17, 2018 in Sochi, Russia Mr Chairman and the Executive Secretary of the Organising Committee of the Second Sochi Eurasian Integration Forum, Konstantin Zatulin; Governor of Sochi […]
US President Donald Trump has expressed anger at India for its high trade tariffs. His administration has complained to the WTO about it. Not that Trump is angry with India alone. He is angry with China too. And the trade clash between the two countries has acquired serious proportions. Several others too have faced Trump’s […]
BJP has grown on the strength of its ideology, party structure and political accommodation The BJP enters the 39th year of its inception today. The party celebrates April 6 every year as its Foundation Day. The ideological foundation of the party takes it back further by three decades to 1951. In May that year, the […]
