'Several Muslim organisations and individuals are now talking of resolution of the Ayodhya issue,' he said.
India's former deputy prime minister and loh purush Lal Krishna Advani was hardly missed as the gathering latched on to every rhetoric that came from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart L K Advani turned 88 on Sunday and was greeted by a host of leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
He was speaking at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit, aimed at attracting foreign investment to the state, in Ahmedabad.
But the deputy prime minister's lawyer denied the allegation saying the accused seem to have been 'tutored'.
The deputy prime minister is expected to visit the sites of the blasts and also the injured people in hospitals.
Top ministers and politicians cutting across party lines greeted the BJP veteran.
The deputy prime minister said National Democratic Front convener George Fernandes is consulting partners on the issue.
The deputy prime minister said the Centre was willing to hold talks with 'any group, which will lay down arms and shun the path of violence'.
"The BJP is the largest ally in the National Democratic Alliance and it is for that party to take a decision. So, Advani's choice is but natural," he added.
The chief minister apprised Advani of the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.
The two discussed the possibility of the Nationalist Congress Party joining the National Democratic Alliance.
Giving details about the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in his book, the former deputy prime minister wrote: 'I was sitting in my office on a cold Friday afternoon on December 24,1999, when Shyamal Dutta, former director of Intelligence Bureau called me to convey the bad news. 'Sir, an Indian Airlines plane coming from Nepal has been hijacked'. I was stunned by what I heard.'
With an eye on the imminent assembly poll in the national capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government on Monday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha granting statehood to Delhi.
Keeping alive the issue of his prime ministerial ambitions, Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani has said he would decide on it depending on his "health" and "capability" to contribute at the time of Lok Sabha polls.
'Terrorism is evil. There can be no ifs and buts,' the deputy prime minister said while rejecting Pakistan's root cause theory.
Asserting that India had become politically stable during the past five years, L K Advani asked the Indian expatriates to help make India a developed country by 2020 and assist their less fortunate brethren in economic development.
The government indicated on Saturday that an early decision was likely on the proposals of fleet acquisition by Air-India and Indian Airlines as well as of privatisating the four metro airports.
Despite the Hindutva issue failing to cut much ice during the Lok Sabha elections, senior BJP leader L K Advani has renewed his commitment to build a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya.
All members of the Electoral College were expected to weigh the integrity and competence of the candidates, he said.
The meeting presided over by APHC chairman Moulvi Mohammad Abbas Ansari is being attended by all senior members, including executive members Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Abdul Gani Bhat and Bilal Gani Lone, Hurriyat sources said.
Advani on Saturday said by questioning the Indianness of those who chose this land over Pakistan after the Partition, the Congress party has insulted lakhs of people who sacrificed everything to retain their status as Indians.
Due to this move, a ceasefire had to be enforced when Indian troops were pushing back Pakistani troops, leading to the creation of the LoC, he said.
Due to this move, a ceasefire had to be enforced when Indian troops were pushing back Pakistani troops, leading to the creation of the LoC, he said.
The deputy prime minister said the report will strengthen the party's position on the temple movement.
Speaking to reporters after hoisting the national flag at his residence on the occasion of Independence Day, he said: "I am happy that the opposition has provided us this opportunity."
Star's Indian operations chief Peter Mukerjea on Monday met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani even as the government asked the group to rush its responses to its latest questions on its application for uplinking its news channel from India.
In his letter, which is to be submitted to the Election Commision on Monday, the former deputy prime minister points out that people fighting elections are required to disclose their assets.
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