"Both these legitimate concerns should be addressed. While pursuing the goals of social justice, merit or excellence should not be undermined," he said.
Seeking to appropriate the credit for the new anti-terror laws, The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said the Congress-led coalition should accept its mistake of not bringing such legislations earlier and alleged that the delay has harmed the country. "You have woken from the slumber of Kumbhakarna of the last 7-8 years. I want you to accept that you were wrong and it was a mistake," he said.
Sonia Gandhi is the chairman of National Advisory Committee.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh apparently faced embarrassing moments on Thursday when an inconsolable kin of a victim in the Parliament attack case accused the government of not fulfilling the promises made to her.
Advani wanted a reassurance from the government that Arunachal Pradesh is an inalienable part of India.
They have asked for information to be provided before November 23.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh ruled out the possibility of replacement of Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, whose handling of the Gujjar protests has come in for criticism from BJP leaders like Jaswant Singh and Saheb Singh Verma.
Leader of Opposition L K Advani has contended that he had no desire to become BJP president again after the 2004 shock defeat which had depleted the NDA's strength in the Lok Sabha from 304 to 186. The responsibility for the defeat was collective and there was no question of pinning the blame on any individual, Advani wrote in his book My Country My Life.
Katara allegedly tried to take a woman to Canada on his wife's passport.
Trouble began in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha right from the word go as a determined Opposition demanded suspension of Question Hour and taking up of discussion on the issue.
The former deputy PM has requested that a Governor's report be asked for.
He described the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh as a 'power house', a 'university' and the 'biggest movement' of the 20th century.\n
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed the evolving situation in Nepal and the upcoming SAARC Summit in Dhaka with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and leader of opposition L K Advani on Wednesday.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned today, following the Opposition's clamour over a report claiming that the Prime Minister's Office PMO had asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to explain why no action was taken against L K Advani
The BJP will also seek to raise the issue of the ongoing demolition drive in the national capital.
The absence of Leader of Opposition L K Advani in Sunday's Ram Sethu rally has ruffled the feelings of the Sangh Parivar that seemed to have patched up after he was chosen to lead the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections.
BJP MPs refused to allow the house to function till the railway minister apprised them of the accident.
Leader of the opposition L K Advani, NDA convener George Fernandes and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Arun Jaitley and V K Malhotra will be among the alliance leaders calling on the President.
Talking to media persons on board an aircraft to Bangalore to attend the installation of the first-ever saffron government in southern India, he said: "The government will have to pay for its opportunism. Now, they have reached out to talk when they are at the verge of falling."
Advani told the PM that the Speaker carried on with House business amid din and did not allow the party to raise its objections over the arrest of its chief Rajnath Singh.
Initiating a discussion on the adjournment motion moved by him on the issue, Leader of the Opposition L K Advani ridiculed the ruling party's claims that the Volcker Committee report was an attempt to tarnish Congress.
Participating in a discussion on an Opposition-sponsored adjournment motion, Advani appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to find out who had 'organised the carnage'.\n\n
RJD members in the Lok Sabha, led by Ramkripal Yadav, waving a newspaper clipping and a compact disc, shouted slogans against Fernandes for his remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The NDA had decided to boycott the railway minister and other 'tainted ministers'.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set aside political differences to call on him and greet him on the occasion.
Rashtriya Janata Dal president and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Sunday appealed to the Liberhan Commission to summon two journalists of Time magazine for their version of the events leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
Describing Greg Chappell as "a good captain and a great cricketer," former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan has backed his selection as India's new cricket coach.
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