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Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman

DOB: August 18, 1959

Nirmala Sitharaman joined the BJP in 2008 and has served as a spokesperson for the party. In 2014, she was inducted into Narendra Modi's cabinet as a junior minister and in June 2014, she elected as a Rajya Sabha Member from Andhra Pradesh. In May 2016, she was one of the 12 candidates nominated by the BJP to contest the Rajya Sabha elections due on 11 June 2016. She successfully contested her seat from Karnataka. On 3 September 2017, she was elevated to Defence Minister. After Narendra Modi was re-elected in 2019 she became the first full time woman after Indira Gandhi to hold the Finance Minister post.

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New Delhi: Dubbing Rahul Gandhi as “asatya ka saudagar” (merchant of lies), BJP today said his “untruths” about Gujarat land acquisition policy have been exposed by the report sponsored by his own government that has

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Varanasi: BJP today got into a full-blown confrontation with the Election Commission after Narendra Modi was denied permission for holding a public meeting at a venue of its choice and has planned protests while cancelling

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Jaitley charge of political debate standards leaves Priyanka unmoved

Politics | Apr 29, 2014, 11:34 AM IST

New Delhi/Rae Bareli: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday accused Priyanka Gandhi of lowering quality of political debate by her remarks about "panic-stricken rats" for his party after it accused her husband of corruption but she

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Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Narendra Modi today hit back at Farooq Abdullah for his remark that those voting for the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate should drown in sea, saying the biggest blow to secularism in India was

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Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 03:24 PM IST

New Delhi: Questioning the “silence” of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over allegations involving Robert Vadra, BJP today wondered if the internal politics of Congress does not allow them to speak about them or “defend”

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AAP hits back BJP on Kashmir map issue

Politics | Mar 28, 2014, 10:54 AM IST

New Delhi: Rejecting as “lies” BJP's attack on it for showing Kashmir out of India's map, AAP today hit back saying the map on the saffron party's website has shown the state as a “disputed

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BJP's voices concern over blasts before Modi rallies

Politics | Mar 27, 2014, 04:08 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today said it apprehended security threat to party rallies in the wake of Naxal attack on mobile towers in Gaya ahead of election meetings of Narendra Modi.Maoists blew up two mobile towers

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Chidambaram move shows Cong has lost will to fight polls: BJP

Politics | Mar 21, 2014, 11:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Taking potshots at Congress, rival BJP today claimed that the decision of Finance Minister P Chidambaram to opt out of the Lok Sabha poll race indicated the state of affairs in the party

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New Delhi, Jun 1: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday accused the UPA government of misusing the Intelligence Bureau for political gains, saying the agency is made to withdraw affidavits as and when the home

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New Delhi, Jan 19: As the Congress began its brainstorming session in Jaipur Friday, the BJP said the ruling party has failed to address real issues and its leaders were not confident of returning to

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