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Articles 1221 through 1320 of 5550:
- The Polity Has To Turn Its Back On Politics Of Intrigue (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 05, 2006)
There can be no gainers in this game that no leader or party can hope to control fully. Unless the trend is bucked, the polity will stand denuded of its democratic legitimacy.
- Why The Bjp Must Get Its Act Together (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 04, 2006)
Everybody loves a winner. Whether in the world of sports, politics, the entertainment industry, or the equity market, losers are not only looked upon with a certain disdain, but also punished severely. More so in politics than anywhere else.
- Bjp's Manifest Mirages (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 04, 2006)
In many ways, the root of the problem lies in an authority crisis within the BJP.
- No Compromise On Corruption: Rajnath Singh (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 03, 2006)
Takes over reins of party; MPs indicted in cash-for-questions scam may be expelled from BJP also ]
Key responsibility for Bal Apte MPs may be expelled from party also Focus on cultural nationalism
- Notice To Cbi On Plea For Probe Into Mahajan's "Patronage" To Reliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
He favoured Reliance Infocomm to launch WLL service: Citizen's Forum
- Day 1: Rajnath Choruses Rss, Sings Team-Bjp Tune (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Takeover BJP chief says zero tolerance for corruption, indiscipline, misconduct; quiet on Khurana, Shatrughan, Uma
- The Fall Of Mr Advani (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 03, 2006)
There is a Shakespearean dimension to Mr L.K. Advani’s fall from grace in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Wilting Lotus (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 03, 2006)
The new BJP president, Rajnath Singh, has now been adorned with what its tallest and most enigmatic leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, described as a crown of thorns.
- Bjp Chooses New Leader To Ride Out Troubles (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 03, 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.
- Ramayan Retold (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 03, 2006)
Maharshi Valmiki's Ramayan is a profound narrative. Not surprisingly, the BJP, which is obsessed with Ram, rarely gets the epic right.
- That Man From Up (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 03, 2006)
Rajnath Singh has taken over as the president of the BJP, not because he was the most acceptable of the candidates within the party, but because he was the least unacceptable.
- Exit Of Bjp Old Guards (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 02, 2006)
AB Vajpayee and LK Advani have stepped down from the BJP leadership. Vajpayee has announced retirement from politics while Advani has opted out as BJP President.
- Ram Vs Lakshman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 02, 2006)
The Ramayana is forever being rewritten and adapted to the times. In the latest adaptation as unravelled by none other than poet-orator Atal Bihari Vajpayee—at the BJP’s silver jubilee rally in Mumbai’s Shivaji—Ram Rajya . . .
- Follow Which Leader? (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 02, 2006)
The Ramlila in the BJP seems to be over and hopefully, its new president, Rajnath Singh — who is not Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman or the infamous dhobi — will get down to the serious task of putting the party back on track.
- Crown Or Shoe? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 02, 2006)
The position of a compromise candidate is invariably an embarrassing one. He knows that he was not the first choice and that he enjoys no one’s trust and confidence.
- Phoney War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 02, 2006)
If Congress and SP must fight, they should at least keep in mind what UP wants
- Tackling Corruption (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jan 02, 2006)
State funding of elections will not make politicians straight so long as policemen and law officers are crooked.
- A Bjp Without Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 02, 2006)
The only time the party was able to secure a semblance of a national mandate was when it projected him as its prime ministerial mascot.
- 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
- 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.
- 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, . . .
- 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.
- Advani Resigns As Bjp President (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Rajnath Singh to take charge on Monday, says new responsibility is a test
- 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.
- 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 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
- 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
- Nothing To Smile About (Times of India, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
If hope were to kindle in the dying embers of 2005, one might expect the new year to dawn on a transparent democracy where voters elect candidates purely on the basis of merit.
- 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 . . .
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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, . . .
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Uma’S Return To The Saffron Party Would Only Be On Her Own Terms And Conditions (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharati on Wednesday said her return to the saffron party would only be on her own terms and conditions.
- ‘Bjp Is Nothing Sans Parivar’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
On a day when BJP President Lal Krishna Advani admitted that his party was going by a bad phase, his former acolyte Uma Bharti put a question mark on the party’s very existence declaring that without the Sangh parivar, the BJP was nothing and that . . .
- Be Ready For Early Polls: Advani (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 29, 2005)
People will be looking to BJP. We shouldn't be found wanting'
Congress is the "fountainhead of corruption"
CPI (M) has undermined democracy in West Bengal
- India’S Achievements In 2005 (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 29, 2005)
The well-known American scholar on South Asia, Professor Stephen Cohen, in his definitive study on India published in 1996, had described the country as an “emerging power”.
- Thy Neighbours (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 29, 2005)
Assertion here, tinkering there
South Asian area studies are becoming more and more complex. On the eve of the third round of the composite dialogue in the new year, it is just as well that India has put Pakistan on notice over the terrorist camps.
- The Bjp's Next Man In (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
With the question "after Advani who?" reportedly settled in favour of Rajnath Singh, it is time to ask: "Why and how Rajnath?"
- Changing Times (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 28, 2005)
What distinguishes true statesmanship from the run- of-the-mill foreign policy practitioners is the ability to recognise critical changes at international level and exploit them to the advantage of one’s own country.
- Bjp Sees Drift In Foreign Policy (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 28, 2005)
Advani says India is doing what the U.S. wants it to do; Vajpayee puzzles observers
- Go On, Break The Mould (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 28, 2005)
When climbing steep heights, you are advised not to look down. If you do and sense how far up you have already gone, the temptation to retrace your steps becomes irresistible. After a year of bold moves on the foreign policy front, the UPA government ....
- Bjp: Foreign Policy In Disarray (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday accused the United Progressive Alliance government of not having an “integrated foreign policy”, saying it has complicated India’s relations with neighbouring countries.
- Indian Intimacy With Saddam (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Dec 28, 2005)
Recent revelations regarding former Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's linkage to the UN oil-for-food programme scandal should not have come as a surprise to anyone who knew of the long history of close cooperation between India and the Saddam regime,
- Advani Praises Pakistan For Temple Repairs (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Indian opposition leader Lal Kishan Advani, known for his role in razing the Babri mosque in 1992, lavished praise on Pakistan, and himself, for the restoration of a revered Hindu temple off the Islamabad-Lahore highway.
- Run Uma Run – Clean Bjp Top To Bottom – Get Rid Of Corruption (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Dec 27, 2005)
It is time for BJP to undo the corruption. It is time for BJP to undo special interest within the party driven by Indian oligarchs.
- For Its Mumbai Rally, Bjp Now Keys In Mms Invites (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Dec 27, 2005)
While three chandeliers were being strung up on Monday inside a Red Fort replica designed by Bollywood’s Nitin Desai for a five-day BJP soul search, its leaders and footsoldiers were busy thumbing a 34-second MMS clip—the target is 10,000 messages by ....
- It’S Time To Think (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The BJP will mark the beginning of its silver jubilee celebration with a two-day national executive meeting in Mumbai tomorrow.
- Combating Communal Violence (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 27, 2005)
Any law specifically to deal with situations of communal violence must be followed up by reforming the police and the criminal justice system.
- Shouting Brigades In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2005)
It is a triple whammy for the Mulayam Singh-led Government in Uttar Pradesh, with the Samajwadi Party and its leader facing fire from a hit squad comprising the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Bahujan Samaj Party.
- Bjp: From Five-Star To Open Bath (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Dec 26, 2005)
The BJP starts its silver jubilee session tomorrow amid speculation about whether the party’s national council would endorse its next president Rajnath Singh’s candidature during the session.
- Mumbai Meet: Bjp Laddoo’S Cut, Time For Hard Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
By Sunday night, time was running out for allotting rooms to about 20 BJP VIPs, 220 leaders of the party’s National Executive, and 4,000 party members converging at the stylish settlement,
- Vajpayee Turns 81, Leaders Queue Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2005)
BJP leaders today queued up at the Krishna Menon Marg residence of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to greet him on his 81st birthday.
- Advani's Successor Not Finalised, Says Venkaiah Naidu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
There is no need to hide it: Murali Manohar Joshi
- New Equations In The Janata Dal (United) (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 26, 2005)
The party's relationship with the BJP could be headed for a turbulent phase.
- Rajnath Tipped To Be Next Bjp Chief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and party General Secretary Rajnath Singh is widely tipped to be the next BJP President though no formal announcement was made today apparently not to divert focus from its Mumbai silver jublee jamboree beginning Monday
- All Eyes On Rajnath (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 25, 2005)
Party leaders gather at Rajnath's residence to congratulate him
Party sources confirm that consultations process has been completed
Rajnath Singh's name finds approval of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
- Rajnath Rolls Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Within hours of being told he would succeed L.K. Advani as BJP chief, Rajnath Singh provided a glimpse of his agenda and style.
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