September 15, 2013
India: Hindutva's political arm BJP and its PM candidate for 2014 elections all love guns, gun toting folks and militarization, cult of the army, obsession with borders
Modi at rally of former soldiers [reports]
Addressing the rally of ex-servicemen at Rewari in Haryana, the Gujarat chief minister slammed the UPA government and termed it weak.
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The meeting was attended by former army chief VK Singh along with a number of retired senior military officers. Modi also lauded the scientists for successful launch of Agni V [Missile].
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-praises-Army-blames-Centre-for-border-troubles-with-China-Pakistan/articleshow/22597311.cms?
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'Oust those who make weak security policies': VK Singh
Read more at: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/oust-those-who-make-weak-security-policies-vk-singh/422130-3.html
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Gen V K Singh may join BJP on Sunday
Mohua Chatterjee, TNN Sep 14, 2013, 07.35AM IST
NEW DELHI: Retired Army chief General V K Singh is likely to begin his political career by joining BJP soon. He is scheduled to attend the BJP rally where Gujarat chief minister and the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be the star of the show at Rewari in Haryana on Sunday. There is a possibility that Singh will be inducted into the party at the rally.
Singh has been in touch with BJP leaders for a while now. He met party president Rajnath Singh, former party chief Nitin Gadkari and even Modi.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-14/india/42061432_1_bjp-rally-gen-v-k-singh-rajnath-singh
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Jaipur: Ace shooter and former Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Tuesday decided to take a shot at politics as he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after taking voluntary retirement from the Indian Army.
The 43-year-old Colonel entered politics, contending that "I must not back out when the nation is faced with a different kind of threat".
http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/othersports/213865-olympic-hero-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-joins-bharatiya-janata-party