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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicLK Advani

Topic: LK Advani

Will Modi’s pitch for 3rd term give relief to party leaders from ‘retirement’ at 75? BJP MPs hope so

In 2019, BJP dropped more than 20 veteran MPs including L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi. Sumitra Mahajan, Kalraj Mishra who were above 75 years.

Modi is opening BJP to minorities. We can thank Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra for it

Advani's rath yatra left a legacy of violence in the form of riots. Rahul Gandhi’s yatra has been staked on the power of nonviolence. On this yardstick, Bharat Jodo Yatra is a winner.

Not Advani’s Rath Yatra or Ayodhya, something else spurred BJP’s rise in late 1980s

In 'Who Moved My Vote', Goyal and Kaushik talk about how India began drawing inspiration and meaning of its own identity from the televised Ramayana in the '80s.

NDA’s LK Advani makes room for BJP’s JP Nadda in new Parliament building

Suspended opposition MPs who were sitting on a dharna in Parliament House decided to have chicken for dinner. Now their photos and videos are all over social media.

Vajpayee-Advani to Modi-Shah — How 2 BJP govts have dealt with its ‘tainted’ ministers

During Vajpayee rule, leaders accused of corruption were either expelled or denied party tickets. But things have changed during Modi-Shah tenure.

For every Himanta, there’re Scindias, Bahugunas — why defecting to BJP isn’t always a ticket to power

Two leaders have recently moved to the BJP despite a growing unease in the party about this ‘politics of defections’. But defections now aren’t the same as they were earlier.

RSS ideologue Vaidya was so committed to agenda, he proposed replacing BJP with new party

Sangh and BJP leading lights remember M.G. Vaidya, who died Saturday, as one who not only shaped Hindutva ideology, but ensured no one deviated from it.

When Advani and Vajpayee founded BJP, they knew RSS needed to be kept at arm’s length

In 'Jugalbandi', Vinay Sitapati writes that Vajpayee-Advani knew BJP would need to couple Hindu nationalism with the policies of Jayaprakash Narayan.

NDA is sacrificial horse as Modi-Shah complete their Ashwamedha & redefine Indian politics

You like Modi-Shah’s new plan, good for you. If you don’t, you will need more than viral tweets to challenge this Ashwamedha.

Jai Shri Ram, says LK Advani after being acquitted in Babri demolition case

The veteran BJP leader welcomed the verdict, saying it came in footsteps of another verdict which led to his dream of seeing a Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.

On Camera

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Tango, triad, trinity, troika — TV news pulled out every T-word from its dictionary and paired it with Tianjin to target Trump on tariffs and trade.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.