Manmohan Singh, Advani make up

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 19th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Sunday said he did not regret about his recent comments about senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, as it was the latter who has engaged into using such a mud-slinging for five years against him.

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 KOLKATA - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday described as 'meaningless' the debate between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on whether Manmohan Singh was a weak prime minister. 'Who is strong and who's weak...

April 11th, 2009 BHOPAL - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Saturday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Congress president Sonia Gandhi should have a TV debate with him.

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 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 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.

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 - Bharatiya Janata Pary's (BJP) prime ministerial aspirant L.K. Advani Friday reiterated his call to Manmohan Singh to contest the Lok Sabha polls instead of becoming prime minister as a Rajya Sabha member.

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.

March 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had achieved 'hell of a lot', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday, countering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's assertions that he was a weak leader.

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 PUDUCHERRY - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was a 'first class gentleman' and had achieved 'hell of a lot', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday, countering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's assertions that he was a weak leader.