Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra to enter Vidarbha on October 17

NAGPUR: Senior BJP leader LK Advani's 38-day 'Jan Chetna Yatra' to take on the UPA Government on issues of corruption and blackmoney, will be reaching Vidarbha on October 17 and proceed to Andhra Pradesh next day.

Advani's yatra will be accorded a rousing welcome at Kelwad on Maharashtra border in the morning. BJP national President Nitin Gadkari and state unit office bearers are likely to receive him on his Vidarbha entry, party sources said today.

Later, he will be accorded another reception at Saoner and at Koradi where he will take lunch and rest before reaching Nagpur. After receiving him at Jhingabai Talki, on city outskirts, the yatra will reach directly at Chitnis Park stadium in eastern part of city in Mahal where a public meeting has been organised in the evening.

Advani will then talk to media before departing for Hinghangaht in neighbouring Wardha district enroute to Pandharkawda in Yavatmal district to proceed to Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh on October 18, sources added.

Jan Chetna Rath Yatra

Stepping into his 85th year of life in a couple of weeks, Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader and former Deputy Prime Minister of India, L K Advani, who was the prime ministerial candidate for BJP in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections has already flagged off his sixth Rath Yatra in the last two decades, and reportedly, it will be his last one, aimed at eradication of corruption and bringing back black money to India.
According to some reports, Advani had admitted to his close family members and the party leaders that this would be his last Rath Yatra, and that he wanted to make it a big one.
He started his spate of Rath Yatras in the year 1990 in support of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya, which prompted the fall of VP Singh government at the centre and led to many splits in the then-powerful Janata Dal. The  'Somnath-Ayodhya Ram Rath Yatra', the first Advani Yatra was held for the building of the Ram temple.
The second was Janadesh Yatra in the year 1993, which was undertaken to campaign against the 80th Amendment Bill and the Representation of People (Amendment) Bill of the Constitution.
After a gap of four years, Lal Krishna Advani, initated his third Rath Yatra called 'Swarna Jayanti Rath Yatra' but not in protest or any demand, but to celebrate 50th year of India's independence.
Becoming the Prime Minister of the nation was one of the biggest dreams of Advani, and to make it happen, he decided to initiate a Yatra in 2004 prior to the general elections with the slogan 'India Shining', that ended up with UPA shining, and BJP getting wiped clean out from power.
The fifth Yatra was undertaken in the year 2006 to publicise the view that the UPA 1 was not serious in tackling terrorism.
Except for the first Rath Yatra, none of others have created any major impact on the political or social system. Nevertheless, all of them were carried out successfully.
The latest one, the sixth and final Yatra was initiated on Tuesday, October 10 from Bihar, with chief minister Nitish Kumar flagging off the Yatra from great socialist leader the late Jayaprakash Narayan's birthplace, Sitab Diara. Called the 'Jan Chetna Yatra', it will take him through 100 districts in 38 days.
Many political experts feel this could be the last opportunity for Advani to boost his chances and rise as a prime ministerial candidate, with the fall of UPA 2 expected before the next general elections in 2014.
However, Advani himself has rejected this theory and promised the RSS that his Yatra is not about prime ministerial ambitions.
"We want to remove despair and frustration among the common people and create confidence in them about a brighter India," declared Advani while starting the Yatra.
"My campaign will help bring black money to the country from abroad," he asserted.
Targeting the government, he said, "People's faith in democracy and governance is eroding fast due to rampant corruption in the country during the UPA reign."
"I have always received support from my two families - personal family and the ideological family," he said before embarking on the Yatra.
The 38-day long, 12,000-km rally will end on November 17.

Atal bihari vajpayee biography

Father's Name               Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee 

Date of Birth                 25 December 1924 

Place of Birth                Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) 

Marital Status                Unmarried 

Educational Qualifications        

                      M.A. (Political Science)

                      Educated at Victoria (now Laxmibai) College,

                      Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) and D.A.V. College, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession  

                      Journalist and Social Worker 

Permanent Address  

                      A-302, La Place, Lucknow 

                      (Uttar Pradesh)   

                      Tel. (0522) 220909

Present Address 

                      7, Race Course Road,

                      New Delhi-110011

                      Tel. (011) 3018939, 3011156

                      Fax. (011) 3019545

Positions Held  

1951                      Founder-Member, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S)

1957                      Elected to 2nd Lok Sabha  

1957-77                 Leader, Bharatiya Jana Sangh Parliamentary Party

1962                      Member, Rajya Sabha

1966-67                Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances 

1967                      Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1967-70                Chairman, Public Accounts Committee 

1968-73                President, B.J.S. 

1971                      Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 

1977                      Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1977-79                Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs

1977-80                Founder- Member, Janata Party 

1980                      Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term) 

1980-86                President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)

1980-84,               Leader, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party

1986 and

1993-96

1986                     Member, Rajya Sabha

                             Member, General Purposes Committee 

1988-90                Member, House Committee

                             Member, Business Advisory Committee 

1990-91                Chairman, Committee on Petitions

1991                      Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term) 

1991-93                Chairman, Public Accounts Committee 

1993-96                Chairman, Committee on External Affairs

                              Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

                

1996                      Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (7th term) 

16 May 1996-      Prime Minister of India; and other subjects not 

31 May 1996       allocated to any other Cabinet Minister       

1996-97                Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

1997-98                Chairman, Committee on External Affairs

1998                      Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term)

1998-99                 Prime Minister of India;  Minister  of External Affairs;  and also  incharge of 

                              Ministries/Department not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister

1999                      Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (9th term)

13 Oct.1999-         Prime Minister of India and also in charge ofthe Ministries/Departments not

onwards                 specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister

Books Published

Lok Sabha Mein Atalji (a collection of speeches); Mrityu Ya Hatya, Amar Balidan,
Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian (a collection of poems written in jail during Emergency);
New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy (a collection of speeches delivered as
External Affairs Minister during 1977-79); Jana Sangh Aur Musalman; Three
Decades in Parliament (Speeches in three volumes); Amar Aag Hai(a collection
of poems) 1994; Meri Ekyavan Kavitayen; Four Decades in Parliament (English)-4
Volumes of Speeches in Parliament, 1957-95

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments
Editor, (i)Rashtra-Dharma-monthly (ii)Panchajanya-weekly; Swadesh and Veer Arjun,
both dailies

Social and Cultural Activities
Member, National Integration Council since 1961; President (i) All India Station Masters
and Assistant Station Masters Association, 1965-70; (ii) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
Samarak Samiti, 1968-84; (iii) Deendayal Dham, Farah, Mathura, U.P.; and
(iv) Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards

Special Interests

International affairs; uplift of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and woman
and child welfare

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Reading, writing, travelling and cooking

Countries Visited

Widely travelled; Member, (i)Parliamentary Goodwill Mission to East Africa, 1965;
(ii)Parliamentary Delegation to Australia, 1967; European Parliament, 1983; Canada,
1987;(iii) Indian Delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meetings
held in Canada, 1966 and 1994, Zambia 1980, Isle of Man 1984; (iv)Indian
Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Japan, 1974; Sri Lanka, 1975;
Switzerland, 1984; (v) Indian Delegation to the UN - General Assembly, 1988,
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996; and (vi) Indian Parliamentary Delegation
to Bulgaria, 1997; Leader, Indian Delegation to Human Rights Commission Meeting,
Geneva, 1993; and Delegation of Standing Committees of External Affairs to Gulf
countries- Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait

Other Information

Participated in Freedom Struggle and went to jail in 1942; detained during Emergency
in 1975-77; was awarded Padma Vibhushan by President of India in recognition
of his services to the Nation; Conferred, (i)Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by
Kanpur University,1993; (ii) Lok Manya Tilak Puruskar, 1994; (iii) Bharat Ratna
Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Award for Best Parliamentarian, 1994

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Election Result of Lucknow Lok Sabha Constituency

Electors : 1552441
Voters : 753943
Poll Percentage : 48.57%
Valid Votes : 753943

Votes polled in favour first four leading candidates

1. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee             (B.J.P.)     362709     48.11%
2. Dr Karan Singh                               (I.N.C.)    239085     31.71%
3. Shri Bhagwati Singh                        (S.P.)         78826     10.46%
4. Shri Ijaharul Haque                         (B.S.P.)      43948       5.83% 

Sushma Swaraj Profile

Name Sushma Swaraj  

Born February 14, 1952  

Home Town Ambala  

Profession Politician

Sushma Swaraj is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament representing Bharatiya Janata Party. She is the leader of opposition party of 15^th Lok Sabha. She also served as the union cabinet minister of India and Chief Minister of Delhi formerly. She was born on 14^th February 1952 in Palwal, Haryana in a Hindu family.

She was educated at S. D. College at Ambala Contonment and got her Bachelor of Arts degree. Then she studied LL.B at Law Department of Punjab University, Chandigarh. She was the President of the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan of Haryana. She is a lawyer by profession. She married Swaraj Kaushal on 13^th July 1975 and has one daughter. She was elected as the first women Chief Minister of Delhi.
She started her political career as a student leader in seventies and organized protests against the government of Indira Gandhi. She was elected as the member of Haryana legislative assembly in the election 1977 and 1987. She served as the Cabinet Minister of Labor and Employment from 1977 to 1979 in Devi Lal’s government as a Janata Party MLA. In 1980, she joined BJP.
She lost to Chiranji Lal Sharma of Congress party in 1980, 1984 and 1989 Lok Sabha elections. She was sent to Rajya Sabha in 1990 and was elected to 11^th Lok Sabha from South Delhi in 1996. She served as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Telecommunications under the Vajpayee government in the 12^th Lok Sabha. She left the Union Cabinet to become the first women Chief Minister of Delhi.
She contested against Sonia Gandhi in Bellary constituency in 1999 and lost. She became the member of Rajya Sabha on April 2000 from Uttarkhand. She was made the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in 2003. She greatly opposed Sonia Gandhi from becoming the Prime Minister of India as she is an Italian born Congress leader.
She was elected from Madhya Pradesh to Rajya Sabha in April 2006. In 2009 election, she won from the Vidisha constituency of Madhya Pradesh as a BJP candidate. She was made the leader of the opposition party in the 15^th Lok Sabha of India.

 

Lal Krishan Advani

Name:L.K.Advani

Father:Kishanchand D. Advani

Mother:Kishanchand D. Advani.

Education:D.G. National College in Hyderabad, Sindh for his education. He later graduated with a degree from the Government Law College, Bombay University

Born November 8, 1927 (1927-11-08) (age 81)

Karachi, British India

Political party :Bharatiya Janata Party

Spouse:Kamla Advani

Children: Pratibha Advani, Jayant Advani

Alma mater:Bombay University

Occupation:Lawyer

Religion: Hindu

Website:www.lkadvani.in