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Articles 4521 through 4620 of 9764:
- In A State Of Confusion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 02, 2006)
Seven months after he praised Mohammad Ali Jinnah on Pakistani soil to the outrage of his larger political family, Lal Krishna Advani has vacated the top party post
- 'Mp Cops Trying To Cover Up Cd Scandal' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Accusing Madhya Pradesh police of trying to cover-up the CD scandal involving former BJP general secretary Sanjay Joshi, leader of opposition Jamuna Devi on Sunday sought intervention of Governor Balram Jakhar to ensure an impartial probe into the matter.
- Silver Linings For The Bjp (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jan 02, 2006)
THE high profile silver jubilee meet of the BJP in Mumbai was an eye opener for many. Pramod Mahajan’s efforts were such that he has become Laxman to Advani’s Ram, according to Vajpayee.
- No Serious Effort Made To Curb Terrorism: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Dattatreya accuses MIM, Congress and Left parties of pursuing vote-bank politics
- The Bite In The Atal Soundbite (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 02, 2006)
It was vintage Vajpayee at the BJP ’s 25th jubilee celebration in Mumbai. By dramatically announcing his resignation from power politics he managed to yet again steal the limelight from his long suffering comrade-in-arms, L.K. Advani, . . .
- Shaping New Lives In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 01, 2006)
In the absence of a cohesive response from society to the Kashmir earthquake, the challenge of rehabilitating the survivors remains an uphill task.
- Bjp’S Reincarnation May Be A Death Blow To Congress – For Now Now Congress Believes Otherwise (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
While BJP’s new boss will follow a careful line to unite the party, the rejuvenated BJP can be a catastrophe for Congress on the long run.
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 01, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Bjp Chooses New Leader To Ride Out Troubles (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 01, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party named a low profile, regional politician as its new president on Saturday, hoping he will be able to steer the party out of a series of scandals and setbacks.
- Advani One Foot Still In (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Jan 01, 2006)
L.K. Advani today passed the BJP baton to Rajnath Singh but made it clear he had no intention of following in A.B. Vajpayee’s footsteps.
- Bjp Crown For Rajnath (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Jan 01, 2006)
L.K. Advani today kept his promise to quit the hot seat after the silver jubilee celebrations, officially “presenting” Rajnath Singh as the new BJP chief.
- Political Corruption (Statesman, ISHAN JOSHI, Jan 01, 2006)
It’s the system, stupid! After all, intense government-citizen interaction based on dependency is a breeding ground for corruption
- ‘What Are You Doing About Dawood, Pm?’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
The BJP today sought an answer from the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, about the efforts being made by his government “to secure the extradition of Dawood Ibrahim” even as the party flayed the UPA’s failure to curb terrorist activities in the country,
- Advani Quits, It’S Over To Gennext (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Mr Lal Krishna Advani today formally quit as the president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Advani's New Year Message: Don't Rule Me Out As Pm (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Jan 01, 2006)
Senior BJP leader L K Advani, who stepped down as party president on Saturday as part of a deal with the RSS, announced that he will be running for the prime minister’s office in the next round of general elections, slated for 2009.
- Expulsion Enhanced Parliament’S Image: Sharad (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jan 01, 2006)
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav’s maiden election to the Fifth Lok Sabha in 1974 at the age of 25 coincided with the present Speaker Somnath Chatterjee also entering the portals of Parliament.
- Bjp Wants Jana To Quit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
The BJP has demanded the resignation of Home Minister, K. Jana Reddy for granting remission of sentence and releasing from jail, Muzeeb Ahmed, who was recently arrested in a fresh case related to terrorist activities.
- Advani Resigns As Bjp President (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Rajnath Singh to take charge on Monday, says new responsibility is a test
- Chennithala Rejects Bjp Call For Joint Movement Against Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
He says it is a pre-meditated move by the saffron outfit to weaken the Congress
Says Congress is capable of taking on LDF and CPI (M) on its own
Blames CPI(M) for disrupting the democratic process in Palakkad
- Will Bjp Return To Its Ideological Roots Under Rajnath Singh? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Leaders feel that he has been selected to revive the party's fortunes in Uttar Pradesh
- Advani Quits, Rajnath Takes Over (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
LK Advani on Saturday stepped down as the BJP President. He will be succeeded by senior leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh.
- Farmer As The Bjp Helmsman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in the 1977 elections, Mr Singh shot into limelight during his stint as education minister in the state in 1991 when he enacted an Anti-Copying Act provoking protests from the then Opposition parties.
- Cong To Bjp: Control Hunger For Power (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Even as BJP President L K Advani announced the passing of the baton to Rajnath Singh, the Congress Party on Saturday said good governance and a responsible Opposition could not be expected unless the hunger for power within the BJP is first controlled.
- Is He Serious Now? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 01, 2006)
The announcement has set the cat among the pigeons
- Advani's Long Tenure Ends (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Other presidents came and went, never to return, but Mr. Advani always did
Problems with RSS began after he flouted one-man one-post principle
Disappointed over his inability to communicate the context of Jinnah remarks
- Advani Steps Down But Not Out (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 01, 2006)
Rajnath Singh was formally declared the new president of the BJP here today even as L.K. Advani made it clear that though he was stepping down as party chief, he had no intention of taking sanyas—a la A.B. Vajpayee—from active politics anytime soon.
- Raj Thackeray Meets Advani, Vajpayee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Raj Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s nephew who has quit the party, on Friday met BJP leaders Atal Behari Vajpayee and L K Advani here but denied it had anything to do with his move to float a new political outfit.
- `Bjp Leadership Gives Nod For Udf-Bjp Alliance' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) political resolution calling for forging ties with the Congress to defeat the Left parties in their strongholds, including Kerala, . . .
- Bjp Pledges Ram Temple, Abrogation Of Article 370 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Out of power for the last 18 months, BJP today came out with a declaration pledging its commitment to Uniform Civil Code, abrogation of Article 370 and Ram temple as party chief L K Advani asserted that the recent scams that hit the party were shortcoming
- Stay Away From Media, Bjp Members Told (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 31, 2005)
D elegates at the closing session of the five-day BJP conclave here on Friday were warned by leaders to stay away from the media, desist from appearing on television shows or giving interviews to the print media. Only the official spokespersons should ...
- Party Not Over Yet, Asserts Advani (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Stung by a series of scams and after a public spat with the RSS over the Jinnah controversy, BJP president Mr LK Advani today said the “pains” that the party had to endure in the last 25 weeks had nothing to do with ideology and asked the workers . . . .
- The Vajpayee Code (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2005)
For most people, the announcement of retirement from political life would be a straightforward business.
- Hey Ram: Bjp Experiments With Laxman, Hanuman & Vanar Sena (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee’s remark while announcing his retirement from electoral politics yesterday hailing Mr LK Advani and Pramod Mahajan as the BJP’s “Ram and Laxman” has set the organisation aflutter.
- Whither Bjp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2005)
When Sunday dawns tomorrow, people will be wishing “Happy New Year” to one another. However, the BJP men extending the customary greetings to each other will be doing so with less of conviction and more of trepidation. Mr L.K. Advani who cannot celebrate
- "Back To Basics" To Change Nation Is Bjp's Message (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 31, 2005)
Dedicated persons needed to carry "moral authority": Venkaiah
The Bharatiya Janata Party's political "message" from its silver jubilee National Council session was "back to basics," not forgetting that it was part of a larger Parivar with . . .
- A Film On The Journey Of Bjp Thought (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The BJP’s 25-year journey through the national political circuit captured in a 25-minute film by Bollywood film-maker Madhur Bhandarkar, was screened at the party national convention here on Friday and appreciated by party leaders and delegates.
- Back To Basics: Bjp Finds Silver Lining In Bad Times (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The BJP on Friday decided to go back “to the basics”, announcing its commitment to Uniform Civil Code, abrogation of Article 370 and Ayodhya issue and asked party workers to constantly exercise caution against “contagious diseases” like corruption.
- Party With No Difference (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 31, 2005)
The party with a difference has in the event proved to be no different. It has demonstrated conclusively that when it comes to crunch it will do anything to protect its own narrow partisan interests, dharma and adharma be blown.
- Atally Confusing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
As PM, Vajpayee could have been a fine statesman. Why he couldn’t, he showed in Mumbai
- Is He Serious Now? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 31, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s announcement on Thursday bidding farewell to electoral politics has taken the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by surprise. While expressing his desire to stay away from “power politics” he has said that . . .
- How Saffron Lost Its Colour (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 31, 2005)
Astrologically speaking, BJP appeared to be under the influence of the unfavourable ‘shani dasa’ in the year gone by with one mishap leading to another and ‘the party with a difference’ had publicly turned ‘different’ as the year closed.
- Wannabe Lakshmans Feel Vajpayee Heat The Day After (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 31, 2005)
If his words threw the BJP into a tizzy last night, it was Atal Behari Vajpayee’s silence that overshadowed the deliberations of the concluding session of the party’s Silver Jubilee extravaganza today, leaving behind a state of lingering uncertainty . . .
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- What Next For The Bjp? (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Two leaders have dominated India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during its chequered history - former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and party president Lal Krishna Advani.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- An Unlikely Hero (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Some two decades ago, the BBC released an audio collection of its Test Match Special. It contained John Arlott’s memorable description of Don Bradman’s final test innings at the Oval in 1948 — the time when the crowd rose to greet England’s deadly . . .
- Vajpayee Quits Poll Turf (Statesman, Dipankar Chakrovorty, Dec 30, 2005)
The former Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today announced his retirement from electoral politics.
- Cash-For-Query Scam: Bjp Expresses Regret (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The four page political resolution passed here at BJP’s national convention attacked the UPA-government for taking a “selective” drive against corruption while “unreservedly expressing” its regret over party members’ involvement in the cash for question s
- Bjp Condemns Terrorist Attack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP condemned the terrorist strike at Bangalore saying this was the first time such an incident had taken place in Karnataka.
- On Corruption, Party Not With Advani (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2005)
Virtually snubbing outgoing chief L.K. Advani’s defence of corruption inside the party, the BJP today ‘‘unreservedly’’ expressed ‘‘regret’’ at the involvement of party MPs in the cash-for-questions scandal and Sushma Swaraj said their act ‘‘has made us ha
- Sonia Brushes Aside Mid-Term Poll Idea (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Dismissing BJP’s projections of a mid-term poll, Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi today asked the BJP to do some introspection on corruption within instead of levelling charges against her party.
- Vajpayee Not To Contest Polls (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee tonight virtually announced his retirement from active politics saying henceforth he would not contest elections and refrain from power politics.
- Bjp Resolution Hits Out At Upa (Statesman, Dipankar Chakrovorty, Dec 30, 2005)
The four-page resolution adopted by the BJP national conclave this afternoon acceded to the need for “rectifying shortcomings” in the party and held the Congress solely responsible for erosion in the quality of public life.
- Mumbai Malaise (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
In disowning its own path-breaking foreign policy, BJP shows how far it has strayed
- Vajpayee’S Man For Future: Mahajan (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2005)
Atal Behari Vajpayee sent the BJP into a tizzy tonight by declaring his own retirement from electoral politics and publicly anointing high-profile general secretary Pramod Mahajan as the future leader of the party. He made no mention . . .
- Detox As Dharma (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 30, 2005)
What was the big story from the BJP’s silver jubilee conclave in Mumbai? On the face of it, there were two contenders — the sex scandal that claimed Sanjay Joshi, and the underlying factionalism that saw the usual mix of off-the-record statements, . . .
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A front page editorial articulates the CPI(M)’s views on control over private educational institutions and the need for a Central legislation that would enable them to reserve seats for SCs, STs and OBCs, and establish guidelines for the fee structure. .
- A Tangled Web Called The Bharatiya Janata Party (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP's Rajat Jayanti year finds the party bruised and bereft, and the Parivar at war with its own professed values.
- Upa Government Suffering From `Policy Paralysis': Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
This has led to serious economic deterioration, it says
- Bjp Promises To Rectify Shortcomings ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
In its first attempt at self introspection, BJP today "unreservedly expressed its regret" over the involvement of some of its MPs in the `cash for questions’ scandal and promised to rectify the shortcomings.
- Congress’S Software (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Ayodhya and Delhi preceded Bangalore. But the UPA’s too busy being ‘nice’
- Vajpayee To Keep Off Elections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced his retirement from “power politics” on Thursday night and said he would “no longer contest elections."
- Vajpayee To Keep Off 'Politics Of Power' (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 30, 2005)
Advani calls for campaign to mould public opinion against the Congress on the lack of security, probity
BJP to take severe action against corrupt MPs
Vajpayee's policy on Naxalism given up
Party will not be comfortable till Ram temple is built
- Naxalite Violence, Tribal Movement Dominate Events In Chhattisgarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Amid Chhattisgarh’s continued struggle to raise the new state’s visibility even in the fifth year after its formation , spurt in Naxalite violence, tribal uprising against left wing extremism, paddy and rice scams and expulsion of a BJP . . .
- Follow Population Norms: Advani (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
BJP President LK Advani on Wednesday advocated strict population control norms for persons contesting in Parliamentary and Assembly elections saying that the BJP-ruled states should take an initiative in the matter.
- 'Bjp's Plane Has Been Hijacked' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 29, 2005)
What, according to you, is the difference between the 'real' BJP and the 'unreal' one?
- Congress Wins 14 Zilla Panchayats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
JD(S) secures 2, BJP draws a blank; majority eludes parties in 11 zilla panchayats
The Congress has won 1,711 of 3,657 taluk panchayat seats declared
Janata Dal (Secular) has secured 945 taluk panchayat seats
- Centre Stepmotherly, Says Modi (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 29, 2005)
It is "sitting on" Gujarat law to curb organised crime
Gujarat and Jharkhand Chief Ministers Narendra Modi and Arjun Munda on Wednesday complained that the United Progressive Alliance Government was discriminating against the Bharatiya Janata Party- ....
- Advani Says Bjp Going Through 'Bad Patch' (Press Trust of India, Sunil Gatade, Dec 29, 2005)
Embarrassed over the fallout of the sting operations on the party's image, BJP President L K Advani today said it was going through a "bad patch" and had to reverse the "distressing descent" of some members.
- State Funding Of Polls Will Fail In India (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 29, 2005)
In a significant decision with wide-ranging ramifications, the Union Cabinet has given in-principle approval to the proposal of state funding of elections. The government will now refer the proposal to the Election Commission to push it forward . . .
- Deceptive Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 29, 2005)
This is the season of discontent in the sangh parivar. The first half of the year was dominated by L K Advani's discovery of Jinnah's secularism and the ideological confusion it unleashed.
- Come Clean On Volcker, Advani Tells Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
"Congress fountainhead of corruption but that does not justify the actions of some of our own partymen"
Report reinforces Congress' disregard for probity
BJP committed to NDA's ideological programme
- Congress To Control 14 Zilla Panchayats, Jd(s) 2 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
No party gets a majority in eleven zilla panchayats
- Bombay Nightmares (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2005)
The Mumbai convention was meant to give the BJP a respite from its year and a half of disasters.
- Not A Credible Victory For The Congress (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Dec 29, 2005)
The Congress and the JD(S), while taking over the reins of administration in 2004, had announced that the coalition governance had become inevitable to keep the “communal” BJP out of power. But, what have the coalition partners achieved in the last 17 ...
- Grassroots Pointers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 29, 2005)
All major political parties have suffered an erosion of their support bases in the just concluded elections to the zilla and taluk panchayats in Karnataka, though it is not very clear in the case of the winner by default, the Congress.
- Grassroots Pointers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 29, 2005)
All major political parties have suffered an erosion of their support bases in the just concluded elections to the zilla and taluk panchayats in Karnataka, though it is not very clear in the case of the winner by default, the Congress.
- Hand In Glove (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Ulhasnagar shows how Congress rules Maharashtra. What lies in store for India?
- Sex And The Sangh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 29, 2005)
This is the last call to all good pracharaks of the RSS. Tiptoe through this minefield of worldly desires and report for a lifetime of righteous denial at the barracks in Nagpur.
- 2005’S Tsunami Of Corruption (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 29, 2005)
Satyameva Jayate runs our national motto. How many Indians realise this quotation from the Upanishads is incomplete? There is a third word there, “nanritam”. Truth alone triumphs, naught else. Which is hard to believe as we look back on the year that was!
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