Manmohan should fight Lok Sabha to be PM: Advani

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.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party leader (BJP) L.K. Advani, leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Friday called for a new beginning in government-opposition relations and said it was a possible to reach such a "common goal".

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 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 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday decided not to attend a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a farewell for Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, party sources said.

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'.

April 10th, 2009 PATNA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Friday promised a 'special status' to Bihar if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comes to power after the Lok Sabha elections.

April 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday his recent heart surgery was the main reason he was not contesting the Lok Sabha elections. 'The fact is that I had recently undergone surgery.

April 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In his sharpest riposte yet to BJP leader L.K. Advani, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said he did not wish to have a television debate with him as he did not want to accord him the privilege of being 'an alternative prime minister'.

April 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hitting out at the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said L.K. Advani was present at the time of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 but did nothing to stop its destruction.

March 28th, 2009 PADRAUNA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday said that if the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not willing for a live television debate, he could ask the Congress President Sonia Gandhi for the same. "I have asked the PM for a live television debate.

March 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial aspirant L.K. Advani said Friday that Manmohan Singh should muster the courage to contest polls from a Lok Sabha seat instead of seeking re-election from the Rajya Sabha to become the country's prime minister.

March 26th, 2009 SEPPA - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Thursday challenged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to a live television debate ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, like in the US, and also described Manmohan Singh him as the weakest political head the country has ever seen.

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.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Thursday said the upcoming elections would witness a 'good contest' and reminded MPs on the last day of the 14th Lok Sabha that the polls would also produce an equally 'good result'.