New Delhi, Oct 8 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has said the objective of his upcoming nationwide ''Jan Chetna Yatra'' was to educate people about good governance and clean politics.

Advani, who will start the yatra on October 11 from Bihar''s Sitab Diara village, said: "We want to initiate discussion not only about administration but also about politics -- we have added to it -- not only for good governance but for clean and honest politics."

Gurgaon, Sep 24 : Condoling the death of veteran parliamentarian Vasant Sathe,

senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K Advani on Saturday described him as a gentleman politician, who used to do what he felt right.

Talking to reporters here, Advani said: "I have not seen such a political leader. I had a close relation with him, despite he being in another party. He was never influenced by his party."

BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said Sathe had his own style of dealing with politics

New Delhi, Sep 8 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani today hailed as ''whistle- blowers'' the two former party MPs jailed in connection with the cash for vote scam, and dared the government to arrest him claiming that he was aware of a sting conducted by his party in 2008 to expose the United Progressive Alliance''s willingness to buy support to survive a trust vote.

New Delhi, Sep 2 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani is likely to meet President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Friday to register his party''s protest over the controversial appointment of retired high court judge RA Mehta as the new Lokayukta of Gujarat.

New Delhi, Aug 27 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K. Advani Saturday urged parliament to resolve the three key demands on the Lokpal bill raised by Team Anna by evening so that Anna Hazare can call off his 12-day long fast.

"We should discuss the bill throughout the day and till evening the view of the house should go to Anna Hazare, and it will be meaningful if the conclusion of debate leads to ending of Anna ji's fast," he told the Lok Sabha.

New Delhi, Aug 26 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K. Advani Friday said the Jan Lokpal Bill has several inherent flaws due to which parliament may find it difficult to pass it in the present format.

"I know what are the flaws in the provisions of the Jan Lokpal Bill due to which it will not get passed. And this, I tried to explain to them (Team Anna) yesterday," Advani told a group of students from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) who called on him.

NDA working chairman L K Advani has raised concerns over the dismal response of Congress-led UPA Government on the issues of black money and corruption. He raised a national campaign on these two issues.

He accused the government for not revealing anything related to black money issues whereas government persistently claims that they have nothing to hide.

Supreme Court has also shown concern with this regard and the apex court had asked government to reveal the names of those Indians who have stashed their money in the foreign banks. However government is not willing to disclose the names.

Senior BJP leader L K Advani told party MPs Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assertion that the government had implemented enhancement of pension of Army personnel had been contested by ex-servicemen.

Addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party, Advani said he had got a letter from Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) that “till today no jawan or JCO has received any orders for enhancement of pension”.

New Delhi, Dec 21 : The new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) is expected to be announced this week and will be from within the Central Information Commission, said highly placed sources.

"The announcement will be this week once the current parliament session ends," a top government official told IANS.

The government is yet to name a successor to Wajahat Habibullah after he resigned in October to take up his new job as the head of the Information Commission of Jammu and Kashmir.

Ludhiana, Dec 21 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader L. K Advani has said that his party continued to enjoy immense support across the country, despite a change of guard.

Reacting on the developments in the BJP over the last couple of days, Advani said the BJP would emerge stronger.

"In the last two-three days stress was laid... there is immense support for the party in the country, for which everyone should work. This was clear from the developments of the last two-three days," Advani told reporters here on Sunday.

How do you feel at this moment? I feel relieved and satisfied that there’s a good team in place in Parliament. Sushma (Swaraj) will take care of the day-to-day work in the Lok Sabha and Arun (Jaitley) is there for the Rajya Sabha. I will get more time to do other things.

Many people are saying your exit is the end of the ‘Advani era’?

New Delhi, Dec 18 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Balbir Punj said here on Friday that former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani would not be retiring from active politics.

Interacting with the media outside the Parliament, Punj hinted that Advani is all set to hand over the baton of opposition party leadership to another leader.

“Advani will not retire from active politics, though he may quit the post of Leader of Opposition but will continue as the Chairman of Parliamentary Party,” Punj said.

The BJP Parliamentary Party meeting would be held this evening to take the move forward.

New Delhi, Dec 18 : In what could be considered as a plan for the future, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to change the party''s leadership. Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, who is also the leader of opposition in Parliament, may resign on Friday from his post making way for Sushma Swaraj, and BJP President Rajnath Singh would hand over his office to Nitin Gadkari.

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 11 : The families of kar sevaks killed during the Babri Mosque demolition in Ayodhya, today slammed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani for deserting them.

Ayodhya was the epicenter of a movement, where the Ram temple was to be built at the site of Babri Mosque.

The families of the kar sevaks criticised the leaders and the organistation for not living up to their promises.

New Delhi, Nov 26 - The government's reluctance to respond to Leader of Opposition L. K. Advani's demand for coordinated action by various agencies to provide relief to people affected by 26/11 led to a heated exchange between Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs in Lok Sabha Thursday.

The Right to Information activists have sought help from the Opposition after the Congress government did not pay heed to their demand to make the selection process of the Chief Central Information Commissioner transparent.

The activists have alleged that there is intense lobbying for the post.

Demanding a transparent and participatory process for appointment, the RTI activists from across the country have asked Opposition leader LK Advani to boycott the selection committee.

Ranchi, Nov 14 - The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will counter the Congress' poll campaign led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi for the Jharkhand assembly elections by fielding its national leaders like L. K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and Nitish Kumar, said an official Saturday.

Unperturbed by speculations about his future, Leader of Opposition L. K. Advani spent an eventful evening in the company of admirers and friends to mark his birthday.

Pratiba Advani, his daughter, organised a maiden screening of her documentary tracing the Bollywood’s depiction of the parent-child relationship as a tribute to Advani, who turned 82.

A rendering of old Hindi film songs, some of Advani’s favourites, was also organised, which left him quite emotional. “Those who love me a lot have made this day very special,” he said.

Pune/Aurangabad, Oct 8 : BJP leader L K Advani has termed the state of Maharashtra the record holder for most cases of suicide by the farmers.

The elections to the legislature of Maharashtra are scheduled to be held on October 13.

"In India, Maharashtra holds a record that is for the most number of suicidal cases of the farmers," said Advani in an election rally.

New Delhi, Oct 1 : Visiting Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan will meet the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani here today.

Later, she will address captains of Indian industry at Federation House and will also meet UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Vietnam Vice President is also scheduled to meet her Indian counterpart Vice President Hamid Ansari at Hyderabad House in the evening.

On Friday, Doan will lay a wreath at Rajghat, the memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation, on the occasion of his 140th birth anniversary.