New Delhi, Mar 16 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani, on Monday acknowledged the need of implementation of one-rank one-pension for ex-defence servicemen.

"Armed forces are a category apart. And therefore this question of one rank, one pension has to be properly dealt with and justly endorsed," said Advani.

New Delhi, Mar. 14 : BJP leader L K Advani has said the NDA, if voted to power, would enact a law to make multi-purpose national identity cards mandatory for citizens to strengthen national security.

Unveiling the IT Vision Document of the party for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Advani said security was NDA's main concern for making national identity cards mandatory.

The leader of the opposition referred to the increasing infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals into the country, especially in the northeastern areas.

New Delhi, Mar 9 : BJP spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh announced on Monday that party''s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani would not celebrate Holi this year in solidarity of Mumbai attack victims.

Talking to the reporters in New Delhi, Singh said "Advani has decided in his individual capacity that he will not be celebrating Holi as a mark of respect to those killed in the November 26 Mumbai terror attack."

Bangalore, Feb 28 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K. Advani on Saturday condemned the attack on young women at Mangalore pub by Sri Ram Sena, terming it a violation of Indian ethos.

"I strongly condemn the attack on girls in Mangalore. There can be no compromise on this. It is wrong and against Indian culture and ethos," Advani said.

People were entitled to have different perspectives on whether young men and women should visit pubs, but attacking them was wrong, he added.

Madanapalli (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 28: Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani has claimed that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would launch a farm income guarantee scheme for small farmers and give pension to aged farmers, if voted to power.

Addressing ''Vijay Sankalp'' rally at Madanapalli in Andhra Pradesh late Friday evening, he said, "A farm income guarantee scheme would be provided to small farmers......... if government employees can get pension, I do not see why aged farmers also should not get pension."

Advani assured of a good governance, security for common man and development on all fronts.

Gandhinagar, Feb 20 : The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate, L. K. Advani, on Friday started his poll campaign from his constituency here.

Advani has won elections four times from this constituency.

He was addressing the media on the sidelines of a function to inaugurate a gymnasium complex built by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation here.

The BJP leader confirmed his decision to campaign from here for the upcoming general elections.