Tag: LK Advani

PM Modi credits LK Advani for historic win, calls Murli Manohar Joshi his mentor

A day after a historic sweep in the Lok Sabha elections that brought the BJP-led NDA government to power a second time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday credited party veteran LK Advani for the win.

May 24, 2019

Lal Krishna Advani congratulates PM Modi, Amit Shah on BJP’s feat

“It's such a wonderful feeling that in a country as large and diverse as India, electoral process has been so successfully completed and for that, my compliments to the electorate and all the agencies involved. May our great nation be blessed with a bright future ahead,” said Advani.

May 23, 2019

Vajpayee wanted to sack Narendra Modi in 2002 post Godhra riots: Yashwant Sinha

The former Union finance minister also dismissed as a non-issue the controversy over the alleged misuse of INS Viraat by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

May 11, 2019

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