New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be hardening its stand on LK Advani as attempts to pacify him fail. The party patriarch now looks completely isolated. BJP President Rajnath Singh is going to Banswara in Rajasthan at the time of such a crisis, sources say, to send out the message that it is business as usual in the BJP. Among other key leaders, Arun Jaitley is going abroad...
09:56 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be more to what really made the grand old man of the BJP, LK Advani, so angry that he sent his resignation to BJP President Rajnath Singh. Sources in the Advani camp have told CNN-IBN that the issue of discord is not just confined to Rajnath turning down Advani's demand for a separate election management committee. Advani aides claim the fundamental issue of discord now...
09:03 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is split between LK Advani and Narendra Modi. A day after the National Executive sent out a clear message with the elevation of Narendra Modi, LK Advani quit all posts in the party on Monday. But BJP President Rajnath Singh rejected Advani's resignation and efforts are on since Monday to try and pacify Advani to reconsider his resignation. "The Parliamentary board has adopted a...
07:50 AM, Jun 11, 2013
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11:58 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: It's been a long and eventful journey for the Loh Purush (Iron Man). Lal Krishna Advani has held just about every position in the government and was responsible for building the party up from the grassroots. Today, as the Rath Yaatri of Indian politics resigned from all positions he held in a party which he created, the wheels seem to have come a full circle for him. A...
11:55 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Sidelined and left out in the cold by a party that he had nurtured since its infancy, Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani on Monday came out with all guns blazing by announcing his resignation from all party posts in a strongly-worded letter to party President Rajnath Singh in which he criticised leaders for trying to project themselves at the cost of the organisation. But the manner...
11:39 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Stunned by party patriarch LK Advani's decision to quit key posts, BJP's top decision-making body Parliamentary Board on Monday night rejected his resignation, insisting that the party needs his "guidance more than ever before". ...
11:19 PM, Jun 10, 2013
LK Advani on Monday resigned from all BJP 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. ...
11:02 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Stunned by party patriarch LK Advani's decision to quit key posts, BJP's top decision-making body Parliamentary Board on Monday night rejected his resignation, insisting that the party needs his "guidance more than ever before". The Board held an urgent meeting at the residence of party chief Rajnath Singh hours after Advani resigned from Parliamentary Board, National Executive and Election Committee to protest Narendra Modi being made Campaign Committee...
10:45 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: It is for the third time in eight years on Monday that BJP leader LK Advani has resigned from top party posts including once over the huge controversy over his praise of Pakistan's founding father Mohammed Ali Jinnah. 85-year-old Advani, a founder member of BJP, had first resigned as party president on June seven, 2005 following widespread criticism from the RSS and right wing outwits over his remarks...
10:35 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Uttar Pradesh Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan said that LK Advani is a leader who inducted fascism into Indian politics. On the other hand, a person who is known to the world for massacring Muslims is being made the party hero. It goes to show where the BJP wants to lead the nation. Advani on Monday resigned from all party posts just a day after party President Rajnath ...
09:50 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Nagpur: Terming senior BJP leader LK Advani's decision to quit all party posts as "shocking", veteran RSS leader MG Vaidya on Monday said some other resignations may follow. "It's shocking that a leader of such a great stature has to quit. It is now evident that all is not well in BJP. Advani was probably perturbed over the inner crisis in BJP and therefore quit all positions," Vaidya, a former...
08:05 PM, Jun 10, 2013
RJD President Lalu Prasad said communal forces are fighting within BJP, while commenting on BJP leader LK Advani's resignation. "There is not much difference between Advani and (Narendra) Modi. Both were blamed for the demolition of Babri Masjid in Gujarat that led to the death of thousands of innocent people," he said. ...
07:54 PM, Jun 10, 2013
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
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 BJP leader Uma Bharti on Monday appealed to party patriarch LK Advani to withdraw his resignation. "My best wishes to Sushma Swaraj who is persuading him to withdraw his resignation. I will reach New Delhi tomorrow to meet Advaniji," she said. ...
05:55 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: Key ally and NDA member Shiv Sena today termed senior BJP leader L K Advani's decision to quit all party posts as "painful". "(Sena president) Uddhav Thackeray has said that the contribution of Advani and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in building the party was invaluable for both BJP and the NDA," Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said. "One cannot think of NDA or the BJP without Advani-ji," Raut...
05:52 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
