Modi men meet Keshubhai after Delhi trip
"If it (joint mechanism) is not to be applied to fugitives of Indian law, it should be scrapped immediately," he told PTI.
The decision to table the motion, which entails voting, was taken at a meeting of senior NDA leaders, chaired by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
BJP president Venkaiah Naidu appeared to have ruffled a few feathers by saying that the party would project both Vajpayee and Advani in forthcoming elections.
The deputy prime minister also told parties to keep national interests above ideological interest.
Jaitley was the party's election in-charge for Bihar in the recent assembly polls also.
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.
Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani included seven former governors and five former Union ministers in the council.
Against the backdrop of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Kishenchand Advani's 'PM-in-waiting' remarks, former Union minister Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday said he believes there is no dearth of leaders in the party for the post.
Advani said the decision 'would only spur people of the country to unite to oppose the tendency of America'.
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.
Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Sushma Swaraj indicated that the NDA would stall proceedings in the Budget session in the Parliament on the issue.
Bharti threatened to launch a vigorous campaign against the 'terror perpetrated by criminal elements and to save the people of the state'.
In another attack on the Nehru-Gandhi family, he insisted that for long after independence, the country had remained oblivious of icons like B R Ambedkar.
Munde's defiant attitude not to visit Delhi on Tuesday had given rise to the speculation that he may join hands with the Shiv Sena as he had met Bal Thackeray before leaving for Delhi. He also met another powerful leader Chhagan Bhujbal. "I am confident that we should be able to sort out the issue by the end of the day," Venkaiah Naidu told newsmen before leaving for Advani's residence.
Polling in Haryana will take place on February 3 alongside first phase of polling in Bihar and Jharkhand.
"We told the prime minister that it is the question of sentiments of crores of Hindus, hurt by investigations being conducted with a vindictive attitude and the ill-treatment meted out to Jayendra Saraswati," BJP president L K Advani said.
The prime minister's assurance on dual citizenship will be sweet music to nearly 12 million officially estimated Bangladeshi infiltrators staying in India, Advani remarked.
Gaur said he regretted having made harsh remarks against Bharti.
The govt said seeking information about the legal position of any case was its 'legitimate right'.
Islamic spiritual leader Aga Khan, who runs a large number of philanthropic institutions in India, on Wednesday met President A P J Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed developmental issues.
After boycotting Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani on the first day of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh national executive in Haridwar, top Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders are expected to attend the meeting on Saturday.
The National Democratic Alliance on Tuesday evening agreed to end the boycott of parliamentary committees.
Days after Lal Kishenchand Advani was declared the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for prime ministership for the Lok Sabha elections slated to be held in February 2009 unless Parliament is dissolved earlier, massive defeats in two bypolls in Khargone for Lok Sabha and the Sanver MLA seat sent the party top brass in a tizzy.
Volcker: 'File CBI case against Natwar, Congress'
BJP demanded a probe against Verma and Naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash's close relative Ravi Shankaran in connection with the two cases.
Reviving memories of its Ayodhya campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday warned the Centre that it would launch a nationwide movement if it did not immediately withdraw its affidavit that there was no evidence to prove Lord Ram's existence.
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