Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on the microblogging site X on February 3 that veteran BJP leader LK Advani will receive the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in the country.
Congress today accused BJP of running a "mala fide and defamatory" campaign against Rahul Gandhi over the citizenship issue for political vendetta and asserted the party vice president has never applied for or acquired the citizenship of any other country.
BJP spokesman and MLA Vishwas Sarang said there was no rift between Modi, Advani and Chouhan and the Congress is just "day-dreaming" on the issue.
The Minister was replying to a question on whether the image of the government, which has been facing charges of involvement in several scams, will hamper the economy.
Advani stepped down from positions he held on the party's national executive group, parliamentary board and election committee before reversing the decision.
Senior BJP leader L K Advani today challenged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to simultaneously hold elections to Lok Sabha and assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Delhi.
The results could see the de facto anointment of Modi as the BJPs PM candidate.
Pashupati Advani of NBIE, says that he feels that in the FMCG space Marico is a good bet and LIC HF has a good potential to give decent return. In the Bangalore-based real estate space he is bullish on Prestige Estates.
Opposition today said the inability to check infiltration from Bangladesh was the "greatest failure" of the UPA government on a matter of national security, alleging that it has led to the ethnic violence in Assam.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today termed as 'disgraceful and unfortunate' BJP leader L K Advani's remark that UPA-II government was illegitimate.
Slamming the Centre's interlocuters on Kashmir, BJP leader L K Advani today warned of a fresh agitation if any attempt was made to reverse the integration process of Kashmir with India.
The NDA remained undecided on its Presidential candidate after a meeting at senior leader LK Advani's residence on Friday morning. Advani said the meeting was not to decide anything but to analyse the situation.
The divide within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is out in the open with veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, skipping the national executive meeting in Mumbai.
A man was detained here today after his wife complained that he has "threatened" to harm BJP leader LK Advani, police said.