The BJP president, Mr Nitin Gadkari, who is also chairman of a sugar factory, embarks on a personal business trip to Spain from Monday while his party remains entangled in a series of political problems, including in Jharkhand.
Mr Gadkari, whose business interests include electricity generation through sugarcane, is also expected to visit some biofuel generation projects in Spain.
Mr Gadkari will be travelling with his family and plans to return to India after a fortnight.
A section of the BJP has voiced objections to the party president going on a “vacation” at a time when some crucial issues, including the political crisis in Jharkhand and key organisational appointments, remain pending.
In Jharkhand, while the former chief minister and Jamshedpur MP, Mr Arjun Munda, is the frontrunner for the chief minister’s post in Ranchi, the power-sharing formula with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, its coalition partner in the state, is yet to be resolved. The JMM wants the chief ministership to be shared between the two parties on an equal basis. The smaller members of the coalition, including the AJSU and Janata Dal (U), had asked the BJP president to take a final call.
But with Mr Gadkari going abroad on Monday, the matter would remain unresolved till his return.
Hectic lobbying is also on within the party for the state in-charge posts, particularly for those of BJP-ruled states, but these too can now only be decided after Mr Gadkari comes back.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Spain beats England 2-0
Olympic silver medallist Spain continued their domination over England in the Hockey World Cup, defeating the European Champions 2-0 in their last pool match at the 12th edition of the mega-event here on Monday.
With this win, Spain registered their fifth victory over England out of seven World Cup matches the two teams have played so far. The Englishmen finished on the winning side only once while one game ended without result.
Pau Quemada (35th minute) and Eduard Tubau (64th) scored the goals for Spain at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium and almost sealed their third position in the Pool B with nine points.
The victory, however, came too late for Spain as it did very little to brighten their semi-final hopes.
England were already through to the last-four stage of the tournament prior to the match with four wins out of their five matches. Favourites Australia will join them as they have a better goal average than the Spaniards and also a game in hand.
The victory, however, assured Spain a place in the fifth-sixth play-off match on Friday unless Pakistan beat Australia by a margin of 13 goals, which is highly unlikely.
With this win, Spain registered their fifth victory over England out of seven World Cup matches the two teams have played so far. The Englishmen finished on the winning side only once while one game ended without result.
Pau Quemada (35th minute) and Eduard Tubau (64th) scored the goals for Spain at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium and almost sealed their third position in the Pool B with nine points.
The victory, however, came too late for Spain as it did very little to brighten their semi-final hopes.
England were already through to the last-four stage of the tournament prior to the match with four wins out of their five matches. Favourites Australia will join them as they have a better goal average than the Spaniards and also a game in hand.
The victory, however, assured Spain a place in the fifth-sixth play-off match on Friday unless Pakistan beat Australia by a margin of 13 goals, which is highly unlikely.
