Jaitley to lead BJP in Rajya Sabha, Sushma elected BJP’s deputy in LS

August 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L.K.Advani has arrived at the RSS's Delhi headquarters - Keshavkunj - for a meeting with its chief Mohan Bhagwat. The meeting is taking place amid reports that the RSS has readied a succession plan for the BJP, a plan that could facilitate an end to the internal crisis ravaging the party's rank and file.

August 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, has joined other party colleagues at the residence of Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani to reportedly discuss a viable succession plan.

August 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday took in Rajya Sabha. Deshmukh, a two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was elected in the recent biennial elections from the state.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said the Indo - Pak joint statement issued at Sharam - el - Sheikh in Egypt was disappointing and a reversal of India's long standing policy. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Jaitley said the joint statement stating "action on terrorism should not be linked to the composite duologue process and these should not be bracketed" has come as a surprise and also disappointment.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley has resigned as general secretary of the party in keeping with the tradition of "one man, one post". Jaitley had been appointed leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday resigned from the post of General Secretary. Party President Rajnath Singh confirmed the news.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nationalist Congress Party chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has been elected the party's leader in the Lok Sabha. The NCP parliamentary party at its meeting here Wednesday elected Pawar as its leader in the Lok Sabha, the party said in a statement here Thursday.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday described President Pratibha Patil's address to the parliament unveiling the Congress-led government's agenda as a "bundle of promises". "Hope the manifesto for the next five years released by the president does not remain on paper.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday went for a generational change as party leader L.K. Advani named 57-year-old Sushma Swaraj as his deputy in the Lok Sabha and key strategist Arun Jaitley, 56, as opposition leader in the upper house.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday named Arun Jaitley as opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha and Sushma Swaraj as deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani was unanimously re-elected as the Leader of Opposition and Sushma Swaraj as his deputy for the 15th Lok Sabha on Sunday evening. The decision was reached during a meeting of the Members of Parliament, held in the capital.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani was Sunday formally elected as leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.

March 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress party leader Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy was Monday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the state in a by-election. Reddy, 74, was declared elected unopposed as no other nomination was filed for the lone seat.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday appointed its general secretary Arun Jaitley as the chief coordinator for its Lok Sabha election campaign. He will be assisted by general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal, according to a party statement.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Monday renominated Vayalar Ravi, minister of overseas Indian affairs and parliamentary affairs, for the Rajya Sabha election from Kerala. 'Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) has re-nominated Vayalar Ravi for Rajya Sabha election from Kerala,' a statement issued here said.