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It was a day of crucial meetings for the BJP which has shifted its focus on government formation after a historic win in the national election. Narendra Modi, who will be the country's next prime minister, met senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in Delhi. Gujarat Bhavan, RSS' Delhi office, and BJP president Rajnath Singh's residenc...

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and KJP President BS Yeddyurappa today dismissed speculation about joining BJP, saying he would retain the identity of his party.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Karnataka Janata Party chief BS Yeddyurappa has written to the top BJP leadership, indicating his desire to join the National Democratic Alliance or NDA.

Terming the electoral outcome in Karnataka as no surprise, BJP leader LK Advani today said the party had erred in not taking immediate and firm action on allegations of corruption against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and that its handling of the state had been "absolutely opportunistic".

BJP leader LK Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Mr Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations.

Karnataka's ruling BJP will formally launch its campaign for the May 5 assembly polls with a rally in Bangalore today but, contrary to announcements, senior party leader LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will give it a miss.

Karnataka's ruling BJP will formally launch its campaign for the May 5 assembly polls with a rally in Bangalore on Monday but, contrary to announcements, senior party leader LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will give it a miss.

BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday hit back at former Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda for endorsing BJP leader L K Advani's comments on the state of affairs in Karnataka BJP unit.

LK Advani's political astrology has created a perfect storm within the alliance his party leads, the NDA. In his most recent blog on Sunday, Mr Advani predicted, "A non-Congress, non-BJP Prime Minister heading a government supported by one of these two principal parties is feasible." The blog has also winded many within his own party, the BJP. A se...

BJP national executive, Narendra Modi, Nitin Gadkari, LK Advani, Yeddyurappa, BJP meet

Just as BJP president Nitin Gadkari seemed to have managed to bring together all discordant pieces - the Modi crisis over, BS Yeddyurappa arriving in Mumbai - his party's show of unity has come undone again.

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today said that his party does not regret the way it handled senior leaders in Karnataka accused of corruption.

BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra is entering Karnataka today. According to party sources, Advani, who is expected to reach Bangalore late in the afternoon, will address a public meeting at the National College Grounds in the evening.

Amid concerns that the corruption controversy surrounding former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has taken the sheen off the BJP's anti-corruption crusade against the UPA, party president Nitin Gadkari said "it is too early to pass a judgment" on the leader.

Contrary to speculation that he was cancelling his rally in Bangalore as part of his Jan Chetna Yatra in the wake of the arrest of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, senior BJP leader LK Advani today said his trip to the city is on schedule.

It was a day of crucial meetings for the BJP which has shifted its focus on government formation after a historic win in the national election. Narendra Modi, who will be the country's next prime minister, met senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in Delhi. Gujarat Bhavan, RSS' Delhi office, and BJP president Rajnath Singh's residenc...

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and KJP President BS Yeddyurappa today dismissed speculation about joining BJP, saying he would retain the identity of his party.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Karnataka Janata Party chief BS Yeddyurappa has written to the top BJP leadership, indicating his desire to join the National Democratic Alliance or NDA.

Terming the electoral outcome in Karnataka as no surprise, BJP leader LK Advani today said the party had erred in not taking immediate and firm action on allegations of corruption against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and that its handling of the state had been "absolutely opportunistic".

BJP leader LK Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Mr Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations.

Karnataka's ruling BJP will formally launch its campaign for the May 5 assembly polls with a rally in Bangalore today but, contrary to announcements, senior party leader LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will give it a miss.

Karnataka's ruling BJP will formally launch its campaign for the May 5 assembly polls with a rally in Bangalore on Monday but, contrary to announcements, senior party leader LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will give it a miss.

BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday hit back at former Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda for endorsing BJP leader L K Advani's comments on the state of affairs in Karnataka BJP unit.

LK Advani's political astrology has created a perfect storm within the alliance his party leads, the NDA. In his most recent blog on Sunday, Mr Advani predicted, "A non-Congress, non-BJP Prime Minister heading a government supported by one of these two principal parties is feasible." The blog has also winded many within his own party, the BJP. A se...

BJP national executive, Narendra Modi, Nitin Gadkari, LK Advani, Yeddyurappa, BJP meet

Just as BJP president Nitin Gadkari seemed to have managed to bring together all discordant pieces - the Modi crisis over, BS Yeddyurappa arriving in Mumbai - his party's show of unity has come undone again.

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today said that his party does not regret the way it handled senior leaders in Karnataka accused of corruption.

BJP leader LK Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra is entering Karnataka today. According to party sources, Advani, who is expected to reach Bangalore late in the afternoon, will address a public meeting at the National College Grounds in the evening.

Amid concerns that the corruption controversy surrounding former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has taken the sheen off the BJP's anti-corruption crusade against the UPA, party president Nitin Gadkari said "it is too early to pass a judgment" on the leader.

Contrary to speculation that he was cancelling his rally in Bangalore as part of his Jan Chetna Yatra in the wake of the arrest of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, senior BJP leader LK Advani today said his trip to the city is on schedule.