Though the BJP national leadership indicated there would be no change of guard in Karna-taka, the state’s chief minister, Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa, has been asked to come to New Delhi to meet the party high command. The BJP bosses have also summoned some leaders from the dissident camp.

The BJP and RSS are upset with former Sangh chief K.S. Sudarshan for his remarks on the Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Maintaining a safe distance from former RSS chief’s remarks, the BJP on Thursday said Mrs Gandhi was a democratically elected leader and should be “treated with respect”.

Serious differences have surfaced in the BJP over its national spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy’s criticism of US President Barack Obama.

The Narendra Modi camp in the BJP has swung into action to project him as Mr L.K. Advani’s successor. In a tacit rebuttal to Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj’s remarks that Mr Modi’s magic may not work everywhere, in connection with the Bihar Assembly polls, a senior party leader from Karnataka, considered close to chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, published an advertisement in leading national newspapers congratulating Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for his recent electoral

Even before voting for the Bihar Assembly polls gets over, the blame game has begun within the BJP-led NDA.

He might be considered as BJP’s senior most leader but it seems there are no takers for party’s tallest leader L.K. Advani for campaigning in the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

Coalition politics has forced the BJP to delete the name of leader and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi from the list of party leaders who would campaign during the Bihar Assembly polls. The name of Mr Varun Gandhi, BJP MP from Pilibhit, is also missing from the list submitted to the Election Commission.

Coalition politics has forced the BJP to delete the name of leader and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi from the list of party leaders who would campaign during the Bihar Assembly polls. The name of Mr Varun Gandhi, BJP MP from Pilibhit, is also missing from the list submitted to the Election Commission.

Lord Ram is back at the centrestage of saffron politics. An upbeat BJP and RSS on Thursday said the Allahabad high court’s verdict on Ayodhya had paved the way for the construction of a “magnificent Ram temple” at the disputed site. Both RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, who was the architect of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, also appealed for restraint and said the verdict had opened a “new chapter of reconciliation” in the country.

Growing factionalism in the BJP was evident on Monday during the party’s central election committee (CEC) meeting to select candidates for the coming Bihar Assembly polls.
Sources said despite hours of deliberations over candidates names, confusion prevailed over majority of names as each senior leader wanted his list of names to be s