Gujarat riots: NCP tells Rahul not to question court’s clean chit to Modi

India Today, 29th January 2014

In reply to questions on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s attack on the Gujarat Chief Minister in a television interview accusing his government of abetting and pushing the 2002 riots in the state, Union Minister Praful Patel, said it was for each one to give his or her version in an interview but politics was based on perception of not just the politicians but the public too. “But the fact remains that if the judicial system has given certain finality to any controversy, then we should let it rest there,” the NCP leader said.

NaMO wave! Now Farooq Abdullah says not averse to Modi as PM

Niti Central, 29th January 2014

A day after Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hinted at parting ways with the UPA ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, now the National Conference chief and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah says that the party is not averse to Narendra Modi as Prime Minister.

Vijayakanth’s wife hints at tie-up with BJP

Karthick S & C D S Mani, The Times of India, 30th January 2014

Amid the deep rift in the DMK first family and a perceived Narendra Modi wave across the country, there are indications that actor Vijayakanth’s DMDK is likely to align with the BJP instead of the DMK or the Congress.

Modi’s vision for agriculture a welcome change

Sudarshan Ramabadran, Niti Central, 29th January 2014

Modi is known for out of the box thinking, some of his innovative solutions include empowering youth in the field of agriculture and this, he believed can be achieved by introducing agro centric courses in ITIs.

Modi’s charisma reaches Bengal, party membership jumps to 7 lakh

Pallavi Sengupta, One India, 29th January 2014

That day is not far when Narendra Modi will reach the shores of West Bengal with equal grandeur as that of the Trinamool Congress that came to power recently. This is indicated by the state unit’s two-fold increase in membership, which is said to have increased from 3 lakh in 2011 to 7 lakh in 2013.