Margdarshak Mandal

No clear division of power in Congress to blame for Kamal Nath flip-flop?

It appeared that Congress party's 'single-power' source has been replaced by a dual power structure and workers were unsure who they should listen to.

After Advani, it's Yashwant Sinha's turn: What's going on in BJP party ranks is hardly unexpected

Amit Shah — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bad cop — was elected unopposed as BJP chief for the second term with 17 nominations last week. But the word 'unopposed' shouldn't be taken here too literally because BJP veterans like LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi gave the meeting a miss.

Diwali bomb: LK Advani leads BJP revolt against Modi, Shah; Bihar MPs join in as resentment boils over

Knives were out in BJP tonight with veteran leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and two others raising a banner of revolt against the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of Bihar debacle saying that the party has been "emasculated" in the last one year and was being "forced to kow-tow to a handful".

Advani and BJP old guard forget their own history while gunning for PM and Amit Shah

The silence of the veterans: Is BJP’s old guard speaking up too late against Modi govt?

The BJP old guard is flexing political muscles. It’s doubtful whether the muscles have enough strength left to trouble the party leadership now, but critical observations from the likes of LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha have certainly embarrassed the party leadership when it is already under pressure from a resurgent opposition.

Advani fears emergency may return, says anti-democracy forces getting stronger

BJP patriarch L K Advani's statement that "forces that can crush democracy are stronger" now, created a buzz in political circles leading to speculation that it was a barb aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which the RSS dismissed, while Congress and other BJP rivals shared his concern.

Read my lips: Does Advani's 'maun vrat' at BJP NE meet hint at discord with team Modi?

Advani was expected to make an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the party by dwelling into the past, making a reasoned valuation of the present political scenario, and present a vision for the future.

Cong distances itself from Janardan's views, Digvijaya backs him

The remarks of Dwivedi, who is the general secretary in charge of the Organisation, had come yesterday a few days after BJP dropped veterans Vajpayee, Advani and from the parliamentary board.

Margdarshak mandal: Shabby treatment of seniors, or a brave new BJP?

Questions are also being raised if the Margdarshak Mandal will at all be functional or will it simply remain as a symbolic body to accommodate the veterans and lessen the degree of humiliation which would be more in case of a direct ouster.