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BJP distances itself from key strategist’s comments

June 8, 2009 India

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday distanced itself from the comments of Sudheendra Kulkarni, a key aide of L.K. Advani, that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was responsible for the BJP’s debacle in the Lok Sabha polls. “The BJP distances itself from the remarks of Sudheendra Kulkarni. It is his personal analysis as an independent [...]

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Gujarat riots forced allies to desert BJP: key Advani aide

June 7, 2009 India

The Bharatiya Janata Party lost the Lok Sabha elections due to absence of key allies who deserted the National Democratic Alliance feeling that the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat could cost them Muslim votes and the party did nothing about it, says a key BJP strategist. In an article in the latest issue of the [...]

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Government rejects Advani’s demand for 26/11 inquiry

June 5, 2009 India

Demanding an inquiry commission to determine why the 26/11 Mumbai carnage couldn’t be prevented and why it took so long to subdue the attackers, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani Friday also asked that parliament be given a copy of the dossier furnished to Pakistan to prove the involvement of its nationals in the assault – [...]

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Advani demands probe panel on 26/11 attacks, government says no

June 5, 2009 India

Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday asked the government to share with parliament the dossier of 26/11 evidence given to Pakistan and also called for setting up an enquiry commission – a demand the government rejected. “I believe that the 26/11 attack was a proxy war. The mastermind behind [...]

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Advani puts younger leaders in key parliament posts

June 3, 2009 India

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday went for a generational change as party leader L.K. Advani named 57-year-old Sushma Swaraj as his deputy in the Lok Sabha and key strategist Arun Jaitley, 56, as opposition leader in the upper house. Advani, who was elected leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sunday, was authorised by [...]

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BJP introspecting but don’t exaggerate debacle: Advani

June 1, 2009 India

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, who was Sunday elected leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, told his party’s MPs that the election results were “disappointing” and “introspection” was on in the organisation. He, however, asked his party not to ?exaggerate the scale of the defeat?. ?Just as the nature of the [...]

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BJP in introspection mode: Advani

June 1, 2009 India

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, who was Sunday elected leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, told his party’s MPs that the election results were “disappointing” and “introspection” was on in the organisation. “We need to find out why we won less than the expected number of seats in states such as [...]

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Advani wins Gandhinagar by over 100,000 votes

May 16, 2009 Election News

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani won the Gandhinagar seat by over 100,000 votes, almost half his 2004 victory margin of 217,138 votes. The BJP leader, who contested the Lok Sabha polls for the fifth consecutive time, found his victory margin reduced due to the delimitation exercise in the Gandhinagar constituency that brought down the [...]

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Advani set to win Gandhinagar, but with reduced margin

May 16, 2009 Election News

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani was poised to win the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat by more than 100,000 votes. After four rounds of voting, he was ahead of his nearest Congress rival Suresh Patel by 106,963 votes. The BJP veteran, who is set to win the Gandhinagar seat for the fifth [...]

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Advani establishes big lead in Gandhinagar

May 16, 2009 Election News

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani has established a big lead in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar seat, a poll official said. Advani took an early lead of 4,000 votes by 9.30 a.m. and was leading by 11,000 votes by 11 a.m. in the second round of counting, a poll official at the counting [...]

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