Lal Krishna Advani
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Lal Krishna Advani waves towards media before the inauguration session of the party's National Executive Meeting in Mumbai on May 24, 2012. The two-day long Executive meeting is significant as it is the first major gathering of the BJP top brass ahead of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the two party-ruled states, scheduled by the year-end.
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Sushil has to decide first if he will go with Gujarat chief minister Narenrdra Modi or BJP patriarch L.K. Advani. The BJP is a divide outfit and its leaders are fighting among themselves for supremacy.
Former BJP president Lal Krishna Advani is also unhappy with the defeat of Ahluwalia and failure of Munda to keep the alliance partners intact. Munda will have to explain why Ajsu Party, which has been supporting the BJP for over a decade, voted for the JMM and not the BJP
Why did the NDA not appeal against the judgment? L.K. Advani was the Home Minister for six years. Why did he not expedite the probe and punish the guilty?More quotes »
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Advani spoils BJP bandh mood
New Delhi, May 31: L.K. Advani today ruined the BJP’s bandh “success” campaign by posting a blog that criticised party chief Nitin Gadkari, without naming him, and made an oblique case for ageing politicians. The BJP that had hoped to celebrate its Bhara 5/31/12 from Calcutta Telegraph Read more »
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Advani says mood in BJP low, calls for ‘introspection’
Given clear indications by the RSS and the BJP to give up hopes of leading the party in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, a fuming L.K. Advani Thursday targeted his own outfit, saying people were “disappointed” with the BJP. Mr Advani called for “introspection”, 5/31/12 from Asian Age Read more »
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Gadkari more of a businessman than politician: Digvijay Singh
Reacting to BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani's veiled attack on attack on Gadkari and called for "introspection" within the party over this current state in his blog, Singh said: "First of all it is an internal matter of the BJP. So, I neither agree nor di 5/31/12 from New Kerala Read more »
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People upset with BJP too, admits Advani
Former BJP president L.K. Advani said Thursday that while people were angry with the UPA government, they were upset with the Bharatiya Janata Party too. Asking the BJP to introspect, Advani posted on his blog: "I had said at the Core Group meeting that 5/31/12 from The Sunday Indian Read more »
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Advani targets Gadkari, says party not upbeat
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Thursday made an indirect attack on party president Nitin Gadkari for taking faulty decisions, which have further dented the right-wing party's public image. The BJP's campaign against corruption has bee 5/31/12 from Star News India Read more »
