New Delhi: Taking the battle into the winter session of Parliament, senior BJP leader LK Adavani announced at the end of the 38-day Jan Chetna Yatra that all NDA MP's will declare to the presiding officers of their respective house that they don't have black money stashed aboard.
Advani said the declaration would be given to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari within a week after the start of the winter session on Tuesday.
He said the declaration would read, "I solemnly declare that I don't have directly or indirectly any bank account or asset illegally held outside India."
Advani also demanded a white paper on the ill gotten wealth in foreign banks. ...
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09:58 PM, Nov 20, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani's 38-day long Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption will end in New Delhi on Sunday. Many BJP members were present at the Ramlila Maidan, showing their solidarity to the veteran politician. Addressing his supporters at Ramlila Maidan, Advani called for an effective Lokpal Bill. He also slammed the Congress party saying that the UPA 2 regime is the worst government the country has seen....
02:50 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Chandigarh: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani has given a partial thumbs up to the proposal of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to split Uttar Pradesh into four new states. He said a state reorganisation exercise could not be done in haste based on just a Chief Minister's assessment. Advani, however, promised that the BJP would look into the matter if it came to power. "Breaking up states...
11:20 AM, Nov 17, 2011
Bharuch (Gujarat): Ruling out differences between himself and senior party colleague LK Advani, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the media of playing into the hands of the ruling Congress and sensationalising news. Addressing a rally at Bharuch on Monday as part of Advani's 'Jan Chetna Yatra', he reacted to reports of friction between him and the BJP veteran and said these had been created by the media...
06:23 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Madurai: Police on Wednesday detained one more person and formed 10 probe teams in connection with the planting of a powerful pipe bomb on the yatra route of BJP leader LK Advani on October 27 and said initial probe suggested that anger against Hindutva forces was the motive behind it. The two persons arrested on Tuesday were produced before a local court in Madurai, which remanded them in 15 days...
08:27 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Panaji: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Wednesday said he liked Manmohan Singh 'when he was not the prime minister'. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, the former deputy prime minister, who is on a nationwide anti-graft Jan Chetna Yatra, also said calling Singh a weak Prime Minister was not a 'harsh critique'. "When he was not a prime minister I liked him. He served very efficiently as...
03:54 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Panaji: Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Wednesday said he did not regret that the party had taken action against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who was arrested in connection with a graft case. "The problem in Karnataka is because the party is dealing with corruption firmly," Advani told reporters in Panaji during his anti-corruption Jan Chetna Yatra, which entered its 22nd day on Wednesday. "I...
11:49 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Madurai: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Tamil Nadu police probing planting of a powerful pipe bomb on the yatra route of BJP leader L K Advani on Monday claimed to have obtained 'definite clues' and expressed confidence about nabbing the culprits. Definite clues had been obtained in the case and special teams were being sent to Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district and Kerala for further probe, Madurai rural police sources...
04:40 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Bangalore: BJP leader LK Advani is feeling the heat from his own party members. He will address a rally at Bangalore's Nehru Maidan on Monday as part of his anti-corruption yatra, but there was little support for him from his own party members as former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's supporters skipped his rally in Bangalore. A protest by the Karnataka Congress and a downpour is what greeted Advani's anti-corruption...
07:17 AM, Oct 31, 2011
Bangalore: In an irony of sorts, BJP leader LK Advani's anti-corruption yatra rolls into his party-ruled state on Sunday, where a former Chief Minister is lodged in jail and two other ministers face corruption charges. On Saturday when state BJP leaders were engaged in hectic preparations to welcome the yatra, the enthusiasm was considerably dampened after the Lokayukta police registered an FIR against Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani, who is facing...
08:27 AM, Oct 30, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday said the party would go it alone in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The 84-year-old BJP leader said this while addressing a rally in Thiruvananthapuram as part of his Kerala leg of yatra. "No, we don't wish to have any alliance in Uttar Pradesh because we know who are the others," he said when asked if the BJP was lookng for any alliances...
02:36 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Opposing the move to dilute the RTI Act, BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's talk of a relook at the Act could be due to "sharp" differences between some of his ministers giving the impression of a "civil war" within the government. "I see no reason for the talk of a critical relook at the RTI except for the fact that differences between (Union...
02:05 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP leader LK Advani, whose yatra route was changed following detection of a powerful pipe-bomb near Madurai, on Saturday, said the matter must be thoroughly probed and the culprits traced. Narrating the sequence of events that led his yatra route to be changed in Madurai, Advani said, "Tamil Nadu Police need to be complimented for recovery of the bomb and advising our people to change the route." "But I...
01:11 PM, Oct 29, 2011
After explosives were found on Advani's yatra route, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi asks for more security. ...
12:59 PM, Oct 28, 2011
Madurai: Explosives have been found under a bridge at Almapatti village near Tirumangalam, about 30 Kms from Madurai on Friday on the yatra route of senior BJP leader LK Advani. The explosives have been removed while investigations on the matter are still on. Police sources said the five-ft pipe bomb, connected with wires was recovered under a bridge at Alampatti near Tirumangalam. One person identified as Nehru was detained and...
10:51 AM, Oct 28, 2011
New Delhi: On the 18th day of his Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption, veteran BJP leader LK Advani will address public meetings in Madurai and Srivillputhur in Tamil Nadu, before heading to Thiruvananthapuram for the Kerala leg of his yatra. On Thursday, before embarking on the second phase of his 38-day journey, Advani rejected criticism that through the yatra, he was seeking to repackage himself. "Frankly, I do not quite...
08:49 AM, Oct 28, 2011
New Delhi: Before embarking on the second phase of his 38-day journey, BJP leader LK Advani on Thursday rejected criticism that through the yatra, he was seeking to repackage himself. "Frankly, I do not quite understand why I would like to repackage myself. Also, I would wish to stress with all the emphasis at my command that this yatra has nothing to do with LK Advani. Nor even with the...
03:33 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani, rubbishing reports of cancellation of his Bangalore rath yatra, on Sunday said he will take his Jan Chetna Yatra to the city. Advani confirmed his tour of the IT city saying, "I will take my Jan Chetna Yatra against graft to Bangalore." Sources on Saturday had claimed that facing embarrassment over the arrest of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in corruption cases,...
10:25 AM, Oct 23, 2011
New Delhi: Upset with LK Advani over his comment on corruption in the BJP, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa wants to go to jail said sources. Yeddyurappa, despite his poor health, has expressed his wish to go to jail. Advani addressing a public rally in Nagpur on Tuesday had said, "No party can effectively win the confidence of the people against the corruption if their house is also involved...
08:57 AM, Oct 19, 2011
Nagpur: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani on Tuesday said that the Monday by-elections results were very significant, terming them as a warning to the Central government. Addressing a press conference in Nagpur, he pointed that barring Bihar, all the other three states that witnessed by-elections were ruled by Congress. "Barring Bihar, in all the other three states, Congress is in power and they have lost in the...
10:16 AM, Oct 18, 2011
