New Delhi, Oct 23 : BJP''s prime ministerial candidate and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, LK Advani, has initiated Track-II diplomacy with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajpaksa to save the lives of ethnic Tamils living in the island country.

Advani wants Tamils to be safe in Sri Lanka and also wants Rajpaksa to be pragmatic and fully understand Indian concerns over the issue, politicsparty. com reported.

New Delhi, Oct 20 : The BJP has decided to field the wife of the late police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma for the 2008 Assembly elections, according to a website.

According to a politicsparty. com, BJP president Rajnath Singh and senior leader L K Advani took the decision.

Maya Sharma will be the candidate from the Gole Market Constituency.

Her rival Congress candidate will be Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

New Delhi, Oct 18 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Ravi Shanker Prasad on Saturday said that some political parties are using the Jamia Nagar encounter to gain political mileage.

Prasad said, "Some parties in the country are using Batla House encounter as an ATM card to debit political mileage out of their vote bank. The sufferers are again the common man because in the process they are causing irreparable damage to the morale of our security force which affects the safety of the Nation."

New Delhi, Oct.17: Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh on Friday said that his party has always favoured fostering positive ties with China.

Interacting with a 15-member Chinese delegation led by Yu Zhengsheng, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Secretary of CPC Shanghai at the BJP Central Office here, Singh described India and China as two big countries, emerging economies and two great ancient civilizations,  and therefore, both of them having mutual good relations would benefit not only them, but also other parts of the world.

New Delhi, Oct 15 : The BJP today accused the UPA government of attempting to abuse and hurt Hindu sentiments by stating in the Supreme Court that there was no proof of Ram Sethu being a place of worship.

“By stating before the Supreme Court that there is no proof that Ram Sethu is a place of worship or that it is an integral part of Hindu religion, the UPA has once again tried to abuse and hurt Hindu sentiments,” party spokesperson Ravi Shanker Prasad told reporters.

Prasad said the government had no right to define what forms an integral part of Hindu religion.