Anantha Kumar has been made party general secretary. Najma Heptullah and Varun Gandhi have been included in the national executive.
'Our commitment to Ram temple in Ayodhya is intact and unwavering,' he said in his presidential address.
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An FIR can be lodged in any state where the leaders having grievance were located or even they can inform the Centre about it, he said.
Rajnath Singh will take over as Bharatiya Janata Party president Monday, succeeding Lal Kishenchand Advani who stepped down Saturday.
Rajnath Singh, who was selected the new president, would assume office on Monday.
Diffident over the praise for organising the Bharatiya Janata Party silver jubilee national convention, Pramod Mahajan Friday said its success has not affected his stature in the party.
Buoyed by the high turnout in the Punjab Assembly elections, Advani asked for a similar phenomenon in Congress-ruled Uttarakhand where elections are scheduled for February 21.
The entire opposition, including the BJPs ally the Bahujan Samaj Party, boycotted the function saying that they did not want to 'give credibility' to the activities and 'divisive policies' of Savarkar.
Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Lal Kishenchand Advani may stir a few controversies as his current views and the series of interviews he has given in the past will be launched as a book on Saturday at the World Book Fair in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
The National Democratic Alliance on Tuesday evening agreed to end the boycott of parliamentary committees.
The 43 km stretch of the expressway is a part of the ambitious National Highways Development Project.
Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha is likely to be allotted another portfolio, BJP sources said.
Advani held the RJD responsible for the ills plaguing Bihar.
'Without this (POTA), many of the punishments that had to be given, could not have been given; Many of the funds that had been confiscated, could not have been confiscated,' the former deputy PM said.
The VHP international working president said politicising the yatra damaged the Hindutva cause and turned the Ram Janambhoomi into a single party affair.
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"I have seen several MPs who do not speak a word (in Parliament) and yet are elected repeatedly," the Leader of Opposition and senior BJP leader said.
'We are confident that you, with your vast experience, will conduct the proceedings in accordance with highest traditions of democracy,' Dr Manmohan Singh.
Advani has announced his resignation from the party chief's position in December.
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As the case came up for hearing before the Special Judicial Magistrate V K Singh, the counsels for CBI and the defence informed the court that they would prefer to stay away from judicial work as a mark of solidarity with the local lawyers.
BJP president Lal Krishna Advani arrived in Ahmedabad on a two-day visit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Khurana had only a month ago written to Advani demanding his resignation. He had alleged that the party had deviated from its ideology and was being run like a 'private limited company'.\n
Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police G S Dhillon said the SAD (A) leader was arrested under sections 107/151 (apprehension of breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code.
Charges framed against Advani, 7 more in Ayodhya demolition
The announcement came a day after Hurriyat chairman Maulvi Abbas Ansari expressed willingness to hold the talks if the Centre extended an invitation.
Referring to the Jinnah controversy, Khurana said he had requested former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to call a meeting of RSS chief K S Sudarshan and Advani for a "heart-to-heart talk" so as to defuse tension.
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