No Final decision on action against Naxals, say SourcesSeptember 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Mnister Chidambaram has suggested that government will launch an all out offensive against the maoists. The Govewrnent sources, however, have said that Government has not yet zeroed in on a strategy to be adopted against the Naxals.
RSS chief calls on former PM VajpayeeSeptember 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The chief of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Rao Bhagwat, met former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in the national capital on Friday. Bhagwat is said to have inquired after Vajpayee's health.
RSS chief Bhagwat says Advani, Rajnath will decide role in BJPAugust 31st, 2009 HARIDWAR - Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said that BJP leaders LK Advani and Rajnath Singh will decide on their role within the party. Talking to reporters here, Bhagwat said, "Rajnathji, Advaniji and others will decide on their role in the party.
Breakfast meeting between Advani, RSS chiefAugust 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat had a breakfast meeting with senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K.Advani on Sunday morning, and it is believed that both discussed a proposed succession plan for the latter. The meeting ended a short while ago, even as the leaderships of the two parties reiterated that they were united in working on solutions to end the present crisis in the BJP.
Naidu terms BJP's leadership change as 'baseless'August 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Terming the reports of leadership change in the BJP as 'baseless', party senior leader Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said L K Advani will continue to remain the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha. "The BJP will take its own decisions," Naidu said.
BJP leader Bal Apte meets RSS ChiefAugust 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior BJP leader Bal Apte met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for the second time in the last 24 hours on Sunday. The two leaders are said to have discussed the latest developments in the BJP and Apte's internal report on the reasons behind the BJP's defeat in the recent General Elections.
RSS asks Advani to oversee BJP succession planAugust 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) has reportedly asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership this morning to work on a blue print that it has handed over to ensure a smooth succession. According to sources, Leader of Opposition L K Advani has been asked to preside over the exercise.
Advani may step down before next Parliament sessionAugust 30th, 2009 New Delhi, Aug.30 (ANI: Leader of Opposition L.K.Advani is likely to step down from his post before the next session of Parliament as part of the BJP succession plan formula, sources said. As per the plan, reportedly devised by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), there is also a move to put in place an advisory body of senior BJP leaders, which will include the names of Advani, former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi.
"Crisis in the BJP will be resolved soon" says senior RSS leaderAugust 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS) leader Madan Das Devi on Sunday said he was confident about the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking appropriate steps to resolve all of its problems, including the issue of the party succession plan. Addressing a press conference in the capital this morning after between RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and LK Advani, Devi said: "We (RSS) are hopeful that the crisis in the BJP will be resolved.
Advani arrives at RSS headquarters to meet BhagwatAugust 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.
BJP top brass meets Advani; no immediate changeAugust 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass met senior leader L.K. Advani at his residence late on Friday night for almost two hours.
Advani's meeting with RSS chief endsAugust 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani's nearly two-hour-long meeting with Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat ended on Saturday a short while ago.
Sushma Swaraj, other BJP brass meet at Advani residenceAugust 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.
Advani, BJP leaders have not discussed a succession plan: JavadekaAugust 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leader of Opposition L. K. Advani and other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not discussion a succession plan, as was being projected in the media, said a party spokesman on Saturday.
RSS's Ram Madhav rules out working on BJP succession planAugust 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Executive Committee member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Ram Madhav on Saturday ruled out any succession plan for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being drawn up or discussed between the Sangh and party leaders. Speaking outside the Sangh headquarters after a meeting between the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K.