Advani will be next prime minister: BJP

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna must clarify their contradictory statements on Pakistan, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K.

June 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - Putting months of bitterness in the run up to elections behind, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said he and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani had apologised to each other over "hurtful" remarks.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party's losing Prime Ministerial candidate, L.K. Advani, made a telephone call to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and congratulated her on the combine's victory in the 2009 elections.

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will form the government after Saturday's vote count and L.K. Advani will be the next prime minister, BJP president Rajnath Singh said Friday.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After bitterly campaigning against each other, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Leader of the Opposition L K Advani on Wednesday came face-to-face in Parliament at a function.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Making a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, the Congress Monday described him as a 'scared leader' and wondered if he was a 'mask' or a 'convenient front' to promote Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the party's future prime ministerial candidate.

April 16th, 2009 BOKARO - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh did not speak to BJP prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani during a recent function.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI -An increasingly combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said his decision to hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leader L.K. Advani, who has been attacking him consistently for being a 'weak prime minister' was a conscious choice as 'enough was enough.' 'Any serious political observer knows my remarks on Advani are true.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reiterating his charge that Manmohan Singh is a weak prime minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani said Manmohan Singh had 'voluntarily abdicated authority'.

March 29th, 2009 PATNA - Janata Dal- United (JD-U) President Sharad Yadav on Sunday ridiculed the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad for his reported statement that he would take retirement from politics if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani became the Prime Minister. "The Railway Minister is in the habit of swearing for a thing that destiny wills otherwise.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a snub to L.K. Advani's challenge to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a live television debate ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress said it shows the desperation of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial aspirant.

March 25th, 2009 MATHURA - Taking on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who had criticised him while releasing the Congress poll manifesto, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday once again termed him a 'weak' prime minister.

March 25th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Wednesday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani for his repeated assertions that Manmohan Singh was a weak prime minister.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janashakti Party leader Uma Bharti Tuesday offered her support to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) L.K. Advani as the next prime minister of India.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taking a subtle dig at the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), BJP's prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani Tuesday generously praised External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and wondered aloud what the government would have done without him.