New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday said his yatras have been an invaluable education to him. Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi, Advani also appreciated the support he has got during his Jan Chetna Yatra.
"Public support I received during this yatra is far greater", said Advani.
The senior leader also stated that his yatras are part of India's yatra's into future and intend to highlight genuine secularism.
Lamenting at the state of the nation after independence, Advani commented, "Our freedom fighters had conceived that India would be a fully developed country in 15 years from independence. But that has not happened even after 50 years."...
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10:23 AM, Dec 03, 2011
Mangalore: Taking a swipe at L K Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra, Union Minister M Veerappa Moily on Sunday dubbed it as a personal agenda of the BJP veteran to fulfill his dream of becoming the Prime Minister. "Advani's wish to become Prime Minister earlier failed. Now, he is trying to realise it by this yatra," he said. Moily also alleged that Team Anna was behind the Yatra. "Advani is not...
01:33 PM, Nov 20, 2011
BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley are likely to be present when LK Advani ends his Jan Chetna Yatra on Sunday. ...
11:28 AM, 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. The 84-year-old veteran leader of Indian politics, who flagged off his rally in Bihar on October 11, has been on the road for 38-days covering well over 7000 kms. Advani reached Ramlila Maidan on Sunday and will address a rally. Representatives of Shiv Sena and AIADMK are also attending...
07:06 AM, Nov 20, 2011
Dehradun: BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra is all set to enter Uttarakhand on Thursday as authorities beefed up security for his public meetings. During his three-day programme in the poll-bound hill state, Advani will address four public meetings, including one at the Parade Ground here, they said. A rousing welcome awaits him when he enters the state from Ponta Sahib area, the sources said adding senior state party...
04:50 PM, Nov 16, 2011
Bhatinda: BJP leader LK Advani's yatra on Sunday met a hostile reception in Punjab, with protesters hurling eggs at his 'rath' and waving black flags, briefly disrupting his convoy's journey in the state, where the party is in power along with Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). A 30-40-strong group of protesters belonging to Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and some Muslim organisations staged protests near village Sanghera while the yatra was on...
08:28 PM, Nov 13, 2011
New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption moves to Punjab on Sunday. The BJP leader has been on the road for 32 days. He will be addressing a public meeting in Ludhiana where he is to attend a public meeting. A night halt in Ludhiana is scheduled. Advani will address a public rally on November 14 where Punjab's Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal will share...
08:13 AM, Nov 13, 2011
It's been a month since LK Advani began his yatra against corruption and on Friday Advani slammed the UPA government at a public rally in Japipur. ...
10:48 AM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra will continue to tour Rajashthan on Wednesday after the leader took a day off on Tuesday to celebrate his 84th birthday. Before the start of the Yatra, Advani said there was no plan to move a no-confidence motion in Parliament for now. "No political party will raise a no confidence motion without being sure that the Government is in trouble....
08:22 AM, Nov 09, 2011
Vapi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Congress has become synonymous with corruption and warned the party of a bleak future, noting that every time people have risen against graft, governments have fallen. "Every time a voice against corruption is raised, be it Anna Hazare's, yoga guru Ramdev's or Advaniji's, the Congress's face comes to the fore. I know the result of this campaign. The party in...
06:59 PM, Nov 06, 2011
Vapi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna yatra has rolled into the state of Gujarat and Chief Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the yatra. Advani has been on the road for 27 days now and will be touring Gujarat on Sunday. The senior BJP leader had reached Daman on Saturday night. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi formally welcomed Advani and will accompany him during his 2-day tour. Both leaders will...
11:02 AM, Nov 06, 2011
Kolhapur (Maha): Stepping up his attack on the Centre's UPA Government, BJP leader LK Advani has branded it as 'corrupt' and said it brought 'disgrace' to democracy. The BJP stalwart also demanded that the government publish a white paper on black money salted away in Switzerland and other tax havens. "The UPA government should publish a white paper on black money in Swiss banks and efforts made by the government...
02:40 PM, Nov 03, 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
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
Kochi: A bullet proof vehicle, which brought senior BJP leader LK Advani and his daughter Pratibha Advani to the Nedumabassery airport on Sunday evening from their hotel in Kochi for their onward journey to Bangalore, was found to have leaked fuel. Advani, who had completed the Kerala leg of his 'Jan Chethana Yatra' in Kochi by addressing a public meeting at the Marine Drive grounds on Saturday night, was brought...
10:31 PM, Oct 30, 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
BANGALORE: In wake of L K Advanis Jana Chethana Yatra at National High School Grounds on Sunday, the city traffic police have made changes in vehicular movement. People coming from Mysore Road, Tumkur Road, Magadi Road and Bellary Road through BMTC buses and tempos can alight at Shivashankar Circle and walk towards the venue. Parking arrangements for BMTC and private buses has been made at CAR Ground on Mysore Road....
09:32 AM, Oct 29, 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: 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: BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption entered day 13 on Sunday. He will addressing five public meetings across Orissa over the next three days. Advani is expected to target the ruling BJD over large scale corruption. The country-wide Jan Chetna Yatra reached Raipur on Saturday with the BJP leader launching yet another attack on the UPA government. "If there is will to stop corruption it...
07:53 AM, Oct 23, 2011
