Kolkata, Apr 29

Howrah, Apr 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party''s (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate, Lal Krishna Advani, on Wednesday said that Tata Motor''s ''Nano'' left West Bengal and went to Gujarat due to the faulty policies of the ruling Left Front.

Addressing an election rally at Uluberia in West Bengal''s Howrah District, Advani said merely making an industrial policy is not enough; the farmers should be taken into confidence as has been done in Gujarat.

New Delhi- The leader of India's ruling coalition Sonia Gandhi and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani are among the 1,567 candidates in the fray for the third phase of general elections scheduled to be held Thursday. An estimated 144 million voters are eligible to vote in this phase, where balloting will be held in 107 parliamentary constituencies across nine states and two federally-administered territories.

New Delhi, Apr 28: Congress spokesperson and Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani of politicising the issue of terrorism.

“Advani is adopting double standards on the issue of terrorism. It should be opposed in all its manifestations,” Anand Sharma said at a press conference here.

Sharma also criticised the BJP for politicising the ATS Chief Hemant Karkare issue.

Ahmedabad, Apr 28 : Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Tuesday attacked the Congress party for being the leading force behind the Central Bureau of Investigation''s decision to remove the name of the lone surviving suspect in the Bofors payoff case Ottavio Quattrocchi from the Interpol''s list of most wanted persons.

Accusing the Congress for being desperate at a time when its five-year term at the Centre is almost over, Advani told a news conference here, "They are not going to come to power. Else, they would have waited for elections to get over and then take this step."

Gandhinagar, Apr 28 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Tuesday strongly questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation''''s decision to remove the name of the lone surviving suspect in the Bofors payoff case Ottavio Quattrocchi from the Interpol''''s list of most wanted persons.

"Overall the performance of CBI in the last five years, it should be investigated. In a way they have become a tool in the hands of political parties," Advani said during a road show in Gandhinagar.