Advani On Corruption

The Arun Jaitley vs Kirti Azad controversy snowballed today as four BJP elders - who pulled up the party leadership after the Bihar poll debacle - decided to meet Mr Azad and raise the issue in the party forum. Mr Azad has said he will call the Prime Minister's Office on Friday to seek an appointment with PM Narendra Modi, who he maintains, is his ...

BJP leader L K Advani today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying as his decade-long tenure draws to a close, he leaves behind a record of having presided over the "most corrupt" government in Independent India.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it is ready for snap polls and will fight the Congress-led UPA government on the issues of corruption and price rise.

As an embattled BJP scrambles to contain the crisis triggered by the resignation of LK Advani, the Congress seems to be having a smirk on its face. Cornered till recently by the BJP over a series of scams and corruption scandals, the Congress took a dig at the saffron party, saying it was desperate for power.

Terming the electoral outcome in Karnataka as no surprise, BJP leader LK Advani today said the party had erred in not taking immediate and firm action on allegations of corruption against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and that its handling of the state had been "absolutely opportunistic".

A decision on revoking the suspension of senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani may be taken by Monday, sources have told NDTV. The 86-year-old lawyer-turned-politician was suspended on November 26 last year for demanding the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari after accusations of corruption, and for daring the party to a...

Nitin Gadkari may have been exonerated by his party of corruption charges, but that's about the only break the BJP president has managed to catch lately.

Despite a very public and high-decibel revolt, the BJP not only continued to back its president, Nitin Gadkari today, but, after a two-hour-long meeting of top leaders at the party headquarters in Delhi, exonerated him from charges of corruption or financial misdemeanour, saying in a statement, "There is no legal or moral wrongdoing on Nitin Gadkar...

The dissent against Nitin Gadkari continuing as president of the BJP while engulfed by corruption charges is being voiced aggressively by noted lawyer and parliamentarian Ram Jethmalani. But in a letter sent just a few days ago to senior BJP leader LK Advani, he claims that three other senior leaders are considering quitting the party with him if M...

When senior BJP leader LK Advani addressed the BJP's national executive meet yesterday, he focused on offering tips to his party cadres on to effectively attack opponents on issues like corruption. But in a written message circulated among the party men at the end of the conclave, he stressed upon another key factor - the need to win more allies.

The people want change and the BJP can fill that space. That is the party's takeout from three days of brain-storming in the picnic town of Surajkund near Delhi. It's seniormost leader, LK Advani, who has nudged the party into shifting gears with a "positive campaign", summed it up today by saying, "Be clean, so you can attack opponents on corrupti...

BJP president Nitin Gadkari was seen walking next to LK Advani this morning as the top rung of the BJP entered Rashtrapati Bhavan. Their mission was to meet President Pratibha Patil to formally complain about how the government dodged a vote on the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill late last month.

Advani yatra: Marking the end of his 38-day Jan Chetna Yatra - a tour he dedicated to promoting clean governance - senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani today addressed a huge public rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.

BJP leader L K Advani today questioned Congress President Sonia Gandhi's "silence" on corruption issue and asked what she was doing as UPA's "most powerful leader" to curb the menace. "Corruption has been an issue that has been widely discussed in every town and city in recent times. But why is the Congress President silent on the issue?" Advani sa...

On the latest leg of his anti-corruption 'rath yatra', BJP's veteran leader LK Advani took on Congress President Sonia Gandhi as he questioned her silence on the corruption issue on Saturday.

The Arun Jaitley vs Kirti Azad controversy snowballed today as four BJP elders - who pulled up the party leadership after the Bihar poll debacle - decided to meet Mr Azad and raise the issue in the party forum. Mr Azad has said he will call the Prime Minister's Office on Friday to seek an appointment with PM Narendra Modi, who he maintains, is his ...

BJP leader L K Advani today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying as his decade-long tenure draws to a close, he leaves behind a record of having presided over the "most corrupt" government in Independent India.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it is ready for snap polls and will fight the Congress-led UPA government on the issues of corruption and price rise.

As an embattled BJP scrambles to contain the crisis triggered by the resignation of LK Advani, the Congress seems to be having a smirk on its face. Cornered till recently by the BJP over a series of scams and corruption scandals, the Congress took a dig at the saffron party, saying it was desperate for power.

Terming the electoral outcome in Karnataka as no surprise, BJP leader LK Advani today said the party had erred in not taking immediate and firm action on allegations of corruption against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and that its handling of the state had been "absolutely opportunistic".

A decision on revoking the suspension of senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani may be taken by Monday, sources have told NDTV. The 86-year-old lawyer-turned-politician was suspended on November 26 last year for demanding the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari after accusations of corruption, and for daring the party to a...

Nitin Gadkari may have been exonerated by his party of corruption charges, but that's about the only break the BJP president has managed to catch lately.

Despite a very public and high-decibel revolt, the BJP not only continued to back its president, Nitin Gadkari today, but, after a two-hour-long meeting of top leaders at the party headquarters in Delhi, exonerated him from charges of corruption or financial misdemeanour, saying in a statement, "There is no legal or moral wrongdoing on Nitin Gadkar...

The dissent against Nitin Gadkari continuing as president of the BJP while engulfed by corruption charges is being voiced aggressively by noted lawyer and parliamentarian Ram Jethmalani. But in a letter sent just a few days ago to senior BJP leader LK Advani, he claims that three other senior leaders are considering quitting the party with him if M...

When senior BJP leader LK Advani addressed the BJP's national executive meet yesterday, he focused on offering tips to his party cadres on to effectively attack opponents on issues like corruption. But in a written message circulated among the party men at the end of the conclave, he stressed upon another key factor - the need to win more allies.

The people want change and the BJP can fill that space. That is the party's takeout from three days of brain-storming in the picnic town of Surajkund near Delhi. It's seniormost leader, LK Advani, who has nudged the party into shifting gears with a "positive campaign", summed it up today by saying, "Be clean, so you can attack opponents on corrupti...

BJP president Nitin Gadkari was seen walking next to LK Advani this morning as the top rung of the BJP entered Rashtrapati Bhavan. Their mission was to meet President Pratibha Patil to formally complain about how the government dodged a vote on the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill late last month.

Advani yatra: Marking the end of his 38-day Jan Chetna Yatra - a tour he dedicated to promoting clean governance - senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani today addressed a huge public rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.

BJP leader L K Advani today questioned Congress President Sonia Gandhi's "silence" on corruption issue and asked what she was doing as UPA's "most powerful leader" to curb the menace. "Corruption has been an issue that has been widely discussed in every town and city in recent times. But why is the Congress President silent on the issue?" Advani sa...

On the latest leg of his anti-corruption 'rath yatra', BJP's veteran leader LK Advani took on Congress President Sonia Gandhi as he questioned her silence on the corruption issue on Saturday.