Sonia, Advani wish people happy and secure New Year

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 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With his Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) reduced to just four Lok Sabha seats, party chief Lalu Prasad said Sunday he would 'always' support the UPA, whether or not he is part of the new government. On his arrival in Delhi after being called by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi to attend a meeting of the outgoing cabinet on Monday, the railways minister told reporters: 'I being a part of the government or not is another thing.

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.

April 30th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani cast his ballot at a polling station in Shahpur in the Ahmedabad (West) Lok Sabha constituency Thursday morning, came out, and said he was confident that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would come to power after the ongoing general elections.

April 30th, 2009 AMBALA - Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the BJP's 'India Shining' campaign during the last elections in 2004 when the latter was in power. Addressing an election rally, in Harayana' Ambala city, Sonia blamed the BJP for ignoring the actual plight of the poor and instead projecting India as a shining country.

April 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani, saying he depends on a particular organisation to take decisions. "The top most office bearers in BJP cannot take even a small decision on their own and need permission from an organisation to chalk out the course of action," Sonia Gandhi said at an election rally here.

April 13th, 2009 THIRUVANTHAPURAM - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Monday asked Congress President Sonia Gandhi to apologise for her critical remarks on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in a recent election meeting in Jharkhand. Addressing a press conference here, Advani said that he was shocked to hear Gandhi's statement that, "we are in greater danger from people inside than from foreign terrorists entering India".

April 13th, 2009 AMETHI - Countering Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's comment that the Congress party was a 'budhiya' (old lady), Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi said Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani have misconceptions about their age.

April 13th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to apologise for her statement that there was a greater risk from parties within the country than from terrorists, saying that it was intended as a 'slander' to the BJP.

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'.

March 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party on Sunday criticised senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani for challenging Congress president Sonia Gandhi for a political debate LIVE on television. " Has he (L K Advani) received a new light after five decades? There has been an established tradition of election debate since 1952 in this country.

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 28th, 2009 BUXAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Friday reiterated that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has to seek permission from Congress President Sonia Gandhi before taking a decision.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Declaring her absolute support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the coming elections, Bharatiya Janashakti Party leader Uma Bharti on Wednesday said she would campaign for the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, L K Advani, in the interest of the country. Addressing a press conference here, Bharti said it would be her good fortune if she could help Advani achieve even a single vote.