Lal Krishna Advani

Sadbhavana Mission : Narendra Modi begins fast, several national leaders and seers arriving at the venue

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Even as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is starting his 72-hour fast for Sadbhavna Mission in Ahmedabad from Saturday morning, a number of national leaders and converging at the venue. Those who are arriving on the first day include former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Premkumar Dhummal, Leader of Opposition in [...]

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Narendra Modi’s 3-day fast to begin from Sept 17, 9 AM, at Guj Uni convention centre

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Gujarat government spokesperson Health Minister Mr Jay Narayan Vyas and Minister of State for Industries Mr Saurabh Patel today said that Chief Minister Mr Narendra Modi will begin his 72-hr fast under ‘Sadbhavna Mission‘ from September 17, 2011, 9 AM, at Gujarat University convention centre. Chief Minister’s fast will show the world the power of [...]

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Now, Shekhawat joins Modi-future-PM chorus

4 May 2009

Former vice-president and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has come out in support of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi saying his name has been suggested for the post of prime minister because he deserves it. Shekhawat, however, quickly added that L K Advani’s significance in the party has not diminished in [...]

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Arun Shourie touts Narendra Modi as Advani’s successor

25 April 2009

In what may be the first clear advocacy of Narendra Modi for PM by a senior BJP leader, former minister Arun Shourie said the Gujarat chief minister’s leadership of his state was exemplary as he had already implemented programmes being promised by political parties in their manifestos. Speaking in Ahmedabad, Shourie suggested that it could [...]

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The Narendra Modi Interview on Times Now

5 April 2009

Narendra Modi’s exclusive interview on Times now on 1st of April 2009, CM says this election is about Votebank vs Development politics and not about Manmohan vs Advani.

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Modi, Advani kick off BJP’s nationwide poll campaign from Maninagar

28 March 2009

Putting his best foot forward, PM-in-waiting LK Advani chose to fall back on one of BJP’s safest bastions, Maninagar, to launch an election campaign. Even as BJP leadership trained guns on UPA, all leaders took time to laud Gujarat government and Chief Minister Narendra Modi. “I am starting my campaign on the New Year Day [...]

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Narendra Modi tops campaign chart

23 March 2009

  L. K. Advani may be BJP’s prime ministerial candidate but it is Narendra Modi that the party wants for its poll rallies. Modi is in greater demand than Advani. More and more BJP leaders want the Hindutva poster boy, who mixes ideology and the development plank, to be in their states to pull in [...]

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Modi not my heir apparent, declares Advani

14 March 2009

Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani has said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not his “heir apparent” although he may be party’s most popular leader right now. Asked by the Outlook magazine in an interview whether Modi was “standing above the other leaders of the second generation in the BJP” [...]

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