Support to modi will be issue based: Ramdev
New Delhi: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday asked who can be more disastrous for the country than the Congress itself, and added that the support to the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be issue based. Addressing a Press conference, Ramdev said, “Modi is seen as a disastrous figure by the Congress because this is what he will cause to them in the elections. Ramdev, who will be making an announcement on January 5 in Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium, said, “Support to Modi will be on issues. Nation is built on policies, personality and intention. If policies of Modi and character of the BJP, are in favour of bringing back the black money and tackling the corruption in this country, then we will be making an announcement regarding this year’s lok Sabha polls.We have invited BJP president Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Narendra Modi and they will put forward their opinions in the discussion.
indian officials’ team leaves for sudan
New Delhi: A team of senior Indian officials on Saturday left for Sudan, which is witnessing ethnic conflict that has killed over 1,000 people so far. led by Sandeep Kumar, Joint Secretary (West Asia & North Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, the team’s visit comes a day after the US Embassy in Juba announced most of the Mission’s personnel are being evacuated and the Embassy would now have the minimum staff. Indian officials have already said they have no intention to close down the Indian Mission and will assess if it needs to be further strengthened in the light of key Indian interests in South Sudan.