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BJP leader’s body found in car on highway - The Times of India

BJP leader’s body found in car on highway


BAREILLY: A senior office bearer of BJP, who had gone missing on Friday evening, was found dead in his car on Baheri-Nainital highway on Saturday with multiple injury marks.

The body of Rakesh Rastogi, 40, the divisional vice-president of BJP's Nainital unit, was found tied with a nylon rope, leading to suspicion that he had been murdered, police said.

Rastogi had reportedly gone missing after he left his house on Friday evening for some personal work.

His family members had frantically looked for him but in vain. On Saturday morning, his body was found inside his Santro car by the Baheri police, who sent it for postmortem.

Baheri CO Kalu Singh said, "Prima facie, the incident appears to be a case of murder but we are awaiting the postmortem report to establish facts. The family members of the victim have refused to tell us if he had personal enmity with anyone."

BJP leader Rakesh Tyagi demanded that those involved in the killing of Rastogi be nabbed within 24 hours, failing which the party would take to the streets.

BJP leader Vijay Pandit was shot dead in Dadri area of Greater Noida, while Om Veer was killed in Muzaffarnagar a few days ago.


Looks like SP is eliminating BJP leaders one by one in UP after their humiliating eection loss.BJP needs to look into this matter ASAP along with bengal,kerala and TN areas where BJP people are being massacred.
 
40,000 activists from TMC, Congress & CPM in Bengal join BJP - The Economic Times

KOLKATA: About 40,000 political workers in Jangalmahal belonging to parties including Trinamool Congress, Congress and CPMswitched their allegiance and joined the BJP.

The state president of the BJP, Rahul Sinha — who held several meetings at Lodhashuli, Gopiballavpur, Nayagram and Mohanpur in Jangalmahal area on Sunday — claimed that the workers had joined the party in the hope that it would be able to counter ruling Trinamool Congress' reign of terror in the state since the recent Lok Sabha elections.

Sinha said among those who joined his party was Antara Bhattacharjee from CPM who was the West Midnapore zilla sabhadhipati when the apex panchayat body in the district was under control of the Marxists. The zilla parishad was ruled by the CPM till 2013, whenTrinamool Congress won the elections. Bhattacharjee's house at Pingla in the district was allegedly attacked by Trinamool Congress activists during the 2013 panchayat polls. Another heavyweight Trinamool Congress leader from the district, Ashok Senapati, also joined the BJP, Sinha said.

"Trinamool Congress activists had organised a protest demonstration near Nayagram before my meeting with the disgruntled workers from different political outfits," said Sinha. Some activists from the Jharkhand Party also joined BJP during Sinha's visit to the area which was once a Maoist stronghold. "This was my first visit to Jangalmahal after the Lok Sabha polls and I have got tremendous response from thousands of activists who are very keen to join us. But we are not taking everyone and are using our network to know about the credentials of these disgruntled workers," he said.

Meanwhile, a BJP team from Delhi led by the party MP Balbir Punj visited Ilambazar in Birbhum district on Sunday and met the family members of Rahim Sheikh, a BJP minority leader who was allegedly murdered by Trinamool activists on June 7.
 
JanjaWeed said:
I'm just waiting on Shiela Dikshit. Looks like she will try & cling on to her job as she has maximum to lose by giving up her job!
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As per reports she is the only who want official letter before resigning from her post
 
Ammyy said:
As per reports she is the only who want official letter before resigning from her post
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aah.. I thought she will do something of that sort.. no wonder! She wants to enjoy the immunity from prosecution on corruption charges! I don't think she will succeed in that!
 
Down in the dumps, Kiran looking at BJP to stay afloat

HYDERABAD: All but consigned to the dustbin, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is seeking to bounce back and is mulling the option of joining the BJP, sources close to the leader told Times of India.

Despite being in the Congress, Kiran had become the party's most vocal opponent of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh even while being the chief minister. He also quit the party and floated the Jai Samaikyandhra Party. However, with both his party and the Congress getting routed in the polls, Kiran's aides said there is no point in returning to the Congress. "Hence, Kiran is looking towards the BJP. Discussions are going on. That is all I can say at this moment," said an aide of the former CM to TOI.

According to sources, Kiran was reluctant to negotiate with the BJP as it too played a part in the creation of Telangana. However, his brothers — who are his closest advisors — appear to have convinced him that joining the BJP was the best option if he wanted to revive his political career.

Kiran's 'Join BJP' mission is being pursued on two fronts, one through a major Gujarat-based business group that is close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the second through some BJP links in Bangalore. The former Congress government headed by Kiran had entered into an MoU with the business group by which the latter promised to invest Rs 5,000 crore in developing an industrial park and port in the east coast. Kiran had tried his best to allot land for the company between Kakinada and Visakhapatnam but the Kakinada Sea Ports management claimed that the land being considered for the allotment belonged to them. Before the matter could be sorted out, Kiran resigned as chief minister. "But he is still in touch with the business group, which has gained a certain added power because of its proximity with Modi," sources told TOI.

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Former AP chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy might join BJP, sources close to the leader told TOI.

The second route is being pursued by one of the brothers of Kiran who is based in Bangalore and operates a real estate and construction company in Karnataka. "He is well connected with BJP leaders in Karnataka and they are negotiating on behalf of Kiran with the saffron party's leadership in Delhi," the sources claimed. In fact, Kiran has made Bangalore his temporary base to keep himself out of public glare.For the BJP too, it is a win-win situation. Thanks to the political annihilation of the Congress, the BJP is aiming to fill up the political vacuum. The ties with the TDP notwithstanding, It wants to build up a base by having strong leaders and Kiran by joining the BJP can certainly help on that front," some analysts averred. In any case, snaring a former Congress chief minister would be a major political victory for BJP, sources in the Kiran camp claimed. Kiran Reddy was himself not available for comments.

Down in the dumps, Kiran looking at BJP to stay afloat - The Times of India
 

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