BJP deputes Jaitley,Pradhan to find solution to BSY issue

There is nothing the party high command has to offer to Yeddyurappa. He has reached the other end of his talks with BJP. He will be touring the state during October 5-15 to reach out to the masses and take a final decision by December. It is going to be a new party, said a Yeddyurappa aide.

To prove BJP stand on FDI,Advani flashes Singhs 02 letter

To counter the Congresss attempt to project BJP in poor light on FDI in retail issue,BJP patriarch L K Advani on Monday used the words of PM Manmohan Singh to confirm BJP was not in favour of FDI in retail during the NDA regime. In his latest blog,Advani cited a letter Singh,the then Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha,wrote to Federation of Maharashtra Traders in December 2002 in which he is quoted to have said the NDA Finance Minister gave an assurance that government had no proposal to invite FDI in Retail Trade. Advani tried to use federations claims to say it was Singh who felt FDI in retail will destroy employment in 2002.

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