The Vice-president of BJP and former CM

The Vice-president of BJP and former CM

Lucknow, Jan. 20 : The Bharatiya Janata Party lost another stalwart on Tuesday in the form of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.

Singh resigned from the party, complaining of humiliation and suffocation. He claimed that he should have been accorded the respect that leaders with a huge public following deserve.

Addressing journalists in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, Singh opted to publicly explain his agony through media.

New Delhi, Jan 14 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday urged the Central Government to come clean on the Satyam scam issue and tell the people what had exactly happened.

BJP Spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters here that pointing fingers towards would not help.

New Delhi, Jan. 7 : Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the party doesn''t have a tradition to allow a person to contest elections after holding a constitutional post.

"Someone who has served on a constitutional post do not enter electoral fray. It is not in our tradition," Rajnath Singh said ,indirectly hinting that former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat should avoid another innings in active politics.

On Monday, octogenarian Shekhawat told journalists in Kota that he was willing to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections if his health permitted.

Union Home Minister has called an important meeting of all Chief Ministers in New Delhi due to the increasing importance of security in the country.

During the meeting the decision was made to get serious with the Government's moves without coming across as being politically incorrect.

BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley said, "We have a deep concern over the vulnerable internal security situation in the country - the incidents in Assam, the continuing encounters in Poonch."