Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy said that if LK Advani retires and leave active politics, the country will lose its senior most politician. BJP must try and get him not to resign. Advani on Monday resigned from all party posts just a day after party President Rajnath Singh made Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi the chief of Central Election Committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
07:20 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Lucknow: Samajwadi Pary MP Naresh Agarwal said that LK Advani's writing on Bhishma was a warning that BJP is splitting into two. It is certain that in a few days, the BJP will split into BJP Advani and BJP Modi. Advani on Monday resigned from all party posts just a day after party Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was anointed the chief of Central Election Committee for the 2014 Lok ...
06:55 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP Central Election Committee chief Narendra Modi on Monday claimed that he had requested party patriarch LK Advani to withdraw his resignation from the party posts. "Had a detailed conversation with Advani ji on phone. Urged him to change his decision. I hope he will not disappoint lakhs of Karyakartas," Modi tweeted. Advani resigned from all party posts on Monday, just a day after...
06:53 PM, Jun 10, 2013
JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari said that when Modi was about to lose his government in Gujarat after Godhra riots, Advani saved him. Today, Modi has cornered Advani and crowned himself. Advani on Monday resigned from all party posts just a day after party President Rajnath Singh made Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi the chief of Central Election Committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
06:20 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Former cricketer and BJP MP Kirti Azad said the party will speak to LK Advani and ask him what led to his resignation. Advani on Monday resigned from all party posts just a day after party President Rajnath Singh made Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi the chief of Central Election Committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
05:59 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Monday resigned from all party posts just a day after party President Rajnath Singh made Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi the chief of Central Election Committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
05:50 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Washington: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is "ideologically hawkish, but economically opportunistic", a noted American scholar writes in a new book. In his latest book 'Shooting a Century' which hits book stores this week, Stephen P Cohen says that Modi epitomises a certain ambivalence towards Pakistan, which is the also the case with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul. "Narendra Modi, Gujarat Chief Minister and a rising star...
05:37 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj Monday expressed "surprise" at BJP patriarch LK Advani's decision to resign from all party posts but said she was confident she would be able to convince him to take back his resignation. "I am going to his house and will talk to him and I am sure we will be able to convince him. I have spoken to him over phone and told...
05:21 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Does Modi's elevation as the party's 2014 LS elections committee chief automatically mean that he is the BJP's PM candidate? BJP's National Executive member Sheshadri Chari joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Why Mr Advani does not want Mr Modi to progress..he himself want to be PM? He has resigned from all the post he held in BJP? Asked by: Gurusaheb A. Yes, that is what...
05:17 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Terming the resignation of LK Advani from all top BJP posts as a "serious issue" and "not good for NDA's health," Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav today said his party, which is an ally of the NDA, will meet to discuss the matter. "I am deeply saddened by the resignation of Advaniji... NDA was forged with the efforts of Atalji and Advaniji. He (Advani) is also the...
04:54 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Shortly after LK Advani announced he is quitting from all his posts in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party president Rajnath Singh tweeted he has not accepted the BJP stalwart's resignation. "I have not accepted Shri Advaniji's resignation," tweeted Rajnath. Advani's resignation came just a day after party made Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi the chief of its Central Election Committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Advani...
04:50 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New York: The appointment of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as chairman of campaign committee of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will ensure the victory of NDA in the 2014 General Elections ushering in a new era, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy has said. He said the choice was a happy development for the nation and was welcomed by all sections of the community in India and abroad. "Modi is an...
04:22 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: A number of senior BJP leaders including Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and party Vice President SS Ahluwalia rushed to LK Advani's residence here after the announcement of his resignation today from key party fora. Apart from Swaraj and Ahluwalia, former party president M Venkaiah Naidu, BJP General Secretary Ananth Kumar and senior leader VK Malhotra also reached Advani's residence immediately after the 85-year-old...
03:53 PM, Jun 10, 2013
The Janata Dal United has said it will soon decide its future course of action soon. JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav said, "Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Advani were the ones behind the creation of the NDA and our understanding was with them. This has shocked us the most. If Advani is not functional it's a very serious matter for us. JD(U)'s decision will come very soon." ...
03:48 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to elevate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as head of the party's campaign committee for the Lok Sabha polls posed a "challenge to secularism and democracy," Kerala PCC president Ramesh Chennithala said today. Attacking Modi's style of functioning, the Congress leader called for strengthening unity of democratic and secular forces to thwart the challenge posed by BJP under Modi's leadership. "Modi's style of functioning went...
02:56 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: 9:14 pm: BJP chief Rajnath Singh says party's Parliamentary Board has rejected its patriarch LK Advani's resignation and has asked him to withdraw the same. "We have rejected Advani's resignation unanimously. As the party president, I would not accept the resignation letter at any cost," he says. "All Parliamentary Board members were consulted on phone and personally. All members have requested Advani to take back his resignation. He...
02:53 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Patna: JD(U), which is opposed to Narendra Modi's projection as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, today said it will discuss all aspects of his anointment as the campaign committee chief and will spell out its stand soon. "We have seen the report and have taken cognisance of the meanings implied in it. We will discuss it in the party. We will come out with our stand on the issue after examining...
02:49 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Veteran politician LK Advani on Monday resigned from all positions in the Bharatiya Janata Party saying "for some time I have been finding it difficult to reconcile either with the current functioning of the party, or the direction in which it is going". Advani's resignation came a day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was appointed as the BJP's poll campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha...
02:06 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Monday resigned from all party posts just a day after party President Rajnath Singh made Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi the chief of Central Election Committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The resignation of Advani, who was reportedly sick and ignored by the party top leadership at the two-day National Executive meet in Goa, brings the split within...
02:02 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has become BJP's Central Election Committee chief despite opposition from senior party leader LK Advani but faces many big challenges and responsibility. Modi's elevation at the National Executive meet in Goa has not only given him a very important and responsible position but also made sure that his path ahead will be full of thorns. The biggest challenge that Modi faces is to...
01:49 PM, Jun 10, 2013
