Tag: LK Advani

After manifesto launch, Amit Shah meets upset veteran leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi

The meeting comes days after Advani and Joshi were denied tickets by the party for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

April 9, 2019

The patriarch bares his angst

Last month, Advani’s Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat was snatched away, leaving him humiliated.

April 7, 2019

‘BJP free to decide’: Sumitra Mahajan says won’t contest Lok Sabha polls

In a letter expressing her wish to not contest the polls, the MP from Indore questioned why a candidate has not been declared yet from the seat.

April 5, 2019

PM Modi says Advani’s blog ‘sums up true essence of BJP’

Advani’s post came just two days before the BJP’s Foundation Day celebrations and seven days before the start of polling in the seven-phase Lok Sabha election.

April 5, 2019

Those who disagree with BJP are not ‘anti-nationals’, ‘enemies’: LK Advani

Advani wrote a blog just two days before the BJP Foundation Day celebrations and exactly a week before the start of polling for the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

April 4, 2019

LS polls | Never sought BJP ticket from Indore since 1989: Sumitra Mahajan

There is speculation that Sumitra Mahajan, who turns 76 on April 12, may also not be renominated.

April 3, 2019

After mega unity show, Amit Shah files nomination from Gandhinagar in presence of BJP top brass

Amit Shah earlier in the day held a 4-km-long roadshow from Sardar Patel statue in Naranpura, that culminated at the Patel Statue of Patidar Chowk in KK Nagar.

March 30, 2019

‘Was booth worker, now BJP chief’: Amit Shah holds mega roadshow ahead of nomination filing

Union Minister Rajnath Singh in his address congratulated Amit Shah and said the party chief will live up to the expectations of the constituency.

March 30, 2019

Amit Shah to file nomination from Gandhinagar today; mega rally to showcase NDA strength

Leaders of BJP's allies and Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, are scheduled to accompany Shah during filing of his nomination papers.

March 30, 2019

Advani: An unlamented exit

It is true that there is still scope for the party to honour the man, an official announcement about his future is yet to be made, but in public perception he has been given a decidedly unceremonious shunt.

March 30, 2019

Told I shouldn’t contest Lok Sabha polls: Murli Manohar Joshi denied BJP ticket after LK Advani

Earlier last week, the BJP had replaced veteran leader LK Advani with party president Amit Shah in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency.

March 26, 2019

It is for LK Advani to clear the ‘mist’: Uma Bharti on BJP veteran not named in LS poll candidate list

Fifty-nine-year-old Bharti herself is not contesting the Lok Sabha polls and said she had conveyed such a wish to the party leadership long back.

March 25, 2019

LK Advani ‘extremely upset’ after BJP replaces him with Amit Shah in Gandhinagar seat: Report

LK Advani along with Murli Manohar Joshi, was moved out of the Parliamentary Board in 2014 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the party to victory and Shah was made its president.

March 25, 2019

The old order makes way

Among seniors, former President Dr Murli Manohar Joshi is also likely to be dropped though he wants to contest.

March 24, 2019

LS polls | BJP denies ticket to 6 sitting MPs from UP including Union Minister Krishna Raj

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday released the first list of 184 candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

March 22, 2019

Borderline sensitivities

While Imran Khan's unsolicited comment was rightfully slammed by all (including Naseeruddin Shah), with a suggestion to put his own house in order, it was not Pakistan's Prime Minister who failed India, as he only toed the traditional Pakistani line of interference. Rather it was the Indians who failed each other and opened the doors for the likes of Imran to comment. The de-hyphenation of Pakistan with any person from the minority community, in any matter of disagreement with them individually or even collectively, is absolutely necessary

January 4, 2019

Rs 100 coin released by PM Modi in memory of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Addressing a gathering at the Parliament House Annexe here, Modi said Vajpayee never compromised on the ideologies of the party and always spoke about national interest.

December 24, 2018