11-27-2006, 05:17 AM
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Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi
Atal, Advani praise his leadership qualities, wish him long innings
The BJP on Sunday completed the formality of giving a full three-year term to party president Rajnath Singh. Following his unanimous election to the post, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha LK Advani expressed confidence in Singh, saying, "he would take the party to the heights of great success in days to come."
While Vajpayee said that the party's prospects were bright in the hands of Singh, Advani complimented him for scripting the outstanding success in the recent civic and by-elections and hoped the party would repeat such performances in the future too. "He would carry all along and keep producing outstanding results in the coming days as well," Advani said.Â
<b>"The first innings of Singh was quite successful. The second innings beginning today is more challenging. We hope that he would come up to our expectations and that of the nation, and we pledge complete co-operation to him," Vajpayee said in his imitable style.</b>
<b>The biggest task before Rajnath now is ensuring the party's victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal where there is a lot at stake for the lotus outfit. </b>Both Atal and Advani hinted at this in their remarks. Advani was more forthright stating that the recent results would be repeated in the future too. In Uttar Pradesh, there are 403 seats at stake, where the BJP won around 88 seats in the last election.
The compliments and good wishes of the two senior most party leaders to Singh were accompanied by thunderous applause from other senior colleagues. Former Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, M Venkaiah Naidu, Sushma Swaraj, Kalyan Singh and Vijay Kumar Malhotra all of whom were present on the dais.
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Pioneer.com
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi
Atal, Advani praise his leadership qualities, wish him long innings
The BJP on Sunday completed the formality of giving a full three-year term to party president Rajnath Singh. Following his unanimous election to the post, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha LK Advani expressed confidence in Singh, saying, "he would take the party to the heights of great success in days to come."
While Vajpayee said that the party's prospects were bright in the hands of Singh, Advani complimented him for scripting the outstanding success in the recent civic and by-elections and hoped the party would repeat such performances in the future too. "He would carry all along and keep producing outstanding results in the coming days as well," Advani said.Â
<b>"The first innings of Singh was quite successful. The second innings beginning today is more challenging. We hope that he would come up to our expectations and that of the nation, and we pledge complete co-operation to him," Vajpayee said in his imitable style.</b>
<b>The biggest task before Rajnath now is ensuring the party's victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal where there is a lot at stake for the lotus outfit. </b>Both Atal and Advani hinted at this in their remarks. Advani was more forthright stating that the recent results would be repeated in the future too. In Uttar Pradesh, there are 403 seats at stake, where the BJP won around 88 seats in the last election.
The compliments and good wishes of the two senior most party leaders to Singh were accompanied by thunderous applause from other senior colleagues. Former Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, M Venkaiah Naidu, Sushma Swaraj, Kalyan Singh and Vijay Kumar Malhotra all of whom were present on the dais.
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