Sharad says money used to influence media
Madhepura: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav alleged that rival parties were using money power to influence the media. “Media me thaili ka khub khel hua hain,” Yadav told reporters after casting his vote at the Adarash Madhya Vidyalaya here. locked in a triangular fight with Pappu Yadav of RJD and Vijay Singh Kushwaha of BJP, Yadav, who is making a bid to enter the lok Sabha for the fifth term from the Yadav-dominated Madhepura constituency, refused to comment on rivals. “I have fought ideologically against Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and others. Why do you lower my prestige by making these leaders (Pappu Yadav and Vijay Singh Kushwaha) my rivals,” he said.
‘Third Front only exists in media reports’
Hyderabad: Claiming that NDA would get a clear majority in the lok Sabha elections, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar has said Third Front exists only in media reports and that the idea is riddled with inherent contradictions. “This third party idea is an idea of a defeatist mind. Once they (Congress) know that they are not winning, now their leaders are suggesting that they will support (a Third Front). “But let me tell you, the way they supported and withdrew support during earlier regimes of so-called Third Front Governments, that is Charan Singh, Chandrasekhar, Deve Gowda, IK Gujral, Congress’ credibility as ruling party is already over.
BJP will get majority in lS polls: Rajanth Singh
lucknow: Bhartiya Janata Party National president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday exuded confidence that his party would get full majority in the lok Sabha elections and it would get more than 300 seats. “We are getting a clear majority in the lok Sabha elections and our party will get more than 300 seats,” Rajnath said while replying to reporters after exercising his franchise at PWD polling centre.
On being asked whether Congress and SP might join hands for preventing the BJP from forming the government, Rajnath said, “if the country decides that Modi should become the Prime Minister, no political party can stop it.”
‘BJP hired astrologers for ‘wave’ theory’
lucknow: BSP Supremo Mayawati on Wednesday dismissed any ‘Modi wave’ in the country saying it is a media hype and that the saffron party has even managed “astrologers” who are propagating such ideas. After casting her vote here, Mayawati said, “The country is in a mood for change. They want a good government at the centre which works in the interest of people and the country”. “The talk about the wave especially the comments of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate that there is a BJP wave, is present only in media and opinion polls. Now they have even managed astrologers who are building such air. I do not see any such wave on the ground,” she said. The former Chief Minister of the state said she would appeal that people must cast their votes. “People from dalit and other backward classes must exercise their franchise which they have got as a result of the long and arduous struggle by Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar,” she said.
BJP-led NDA to form next Govt: Keshubhai
Rajkot: Veteran Gujarat politician Keshubhai Patel on Wednesday said BJP was likely to win more than 225 lok Sabha seats and Narendra Modi will become the next Prime Minister heading a NDA Government. “I have not deeply analysed the country’s current political situation but I think the next Government would be formed by (BJP-led) NDA under Narendra Modi. BJP will emerge the single largest party wining more than 225 lok Sabha seats,” he said here.