BJP workers today clashed with police when they were not allowed to march towards the State Assembly complex here during their rally against price rise, leaving many injured and prompting party cadres led by senior leaders like Rajnath Singh and M M Joshi to stage a sit-in against what they called police excesses.

JMM supremo Shibu Soren was on Saturday all set to become the Jharkhand Chief Minister with the support of BJP and AJSU.

It has been a long journey for 52-year-old Nitin Gadkari from a humble student leader to the youngest-ever President of the BJP.

It has been a long journey for 52-year-old Nitin Gadkari from a humble student leader to the youngest-ever President of the BJP.

Nitin Gadkari was on Saturday appointed the BJP President at a meeting of the Parliamentary Board of the party, marking a generational change in its hierarchy.

A generational change in the BJP hierarchy may be on the anvil with Leader of Opposition LK Advani likely to quit his post next week and party President Rajnath Singh stepping down on Saturday.

BJP President Rajnath Singh today accused the government of "selectively leaking" the Liberhan Commission report on Babri Masjid demolition to the media with the aim of "polarising" voters ahead of the assembly elections in Jharkhand.

In the midst of all speculation over who will succeed Rajnath Singh, RSS on Wednesday came out with a public statement that it was not against four Delhi-based senior BJP leaders who the RSS chief had virtually ruled out as party president.

BJP President Rajnath Singh, who is not averse to quitting his post, on Tuesday, said that change of responsibility was a natural process and he would work with seniors to reach a consensus on his successor.

Nitin Gadkari appears set to become the next BJP President replacing Rajnath Singh in what is being projected as a generational change for the main opposition party.

The BJP seems to have two broad problems - Leadership and ideology. The party's top two leaders are LK Advani and Rajnath Singh, but both can't stand each other. And, both head different factions in the party.

Effectively rejecting the demands of dissidents, BJP on Monday made it clear that B S Yeddyurappa will continue as Karnataka Chief Minister but said it would hold talks with MLAs and MPs of the state to "smoothly" resolve the "crisis" in the party unit.

RSS and the BJP Wednesday went on a damage control mode over the Sangh parivar fount head chief prescription of a "surgery" or "chemotherapy" for the saffron party's revival and Rajanth Singh's unsavoury response.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who had asked the top BJP leadership to sort out problems in the wake of Lok Sabha debacle, on Tuesday seemed to suggest that the party may need a "surgery" or even chemotherapy" treatment, a view rejected by BJP chief Rajnath Singh.

BJP president Rajnath Singh's private aircraft had a 'risky' take-off for Ranchi from an unlit airstrip in Dumka last night, a Jharkhand official said on Tuesday.

BJP President Rajnath Singh on Saturday said India should take a firm stand and snap all diplomatic ties with Pakistan.

The 'weak-kneed' policy of the UPA government was responsible for China's expansionist policy in the country, which it was merely terming as a 'media hype', BJP President Rajnath Singh said.

BJP President Rajnath Singh has expressed grave concern over reports of Chinese intrusions into Indian territory and accused the Centre of keeping mum on the issue.

Justifying Jaswant Singh's summary expulsion, BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Sundy warned that the party will take action against all those who "favour" Mohammad Ali Jinnah, against whose ideals the party is opposed to.

Charging expelled party leader Jaswant Singh with showing ‘sheer political opportunism’, the BJP on Wednesday said it has left to Singh to decide on his holding the post of Public Accounts Committee chairman in the Lok Sabha.

BJP central leadership on Tuesday sought to convey to Vasundhara Raje that she will have to quit as Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan assembly with Venkaiah Naidu indicating that the decision was taken by the party and not by its president Rajnath Singh alone.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said BJP leaders L K Advani and Rajnath Singh will decide on their role within the party.

The RSS on Sunday obtained a commitment from BJP's warring leaders that they will stop their infighting even as moves were initiated for a major overhaul of the party's top brass which will see the exit of Rajnath Singh as party president in the next three months and likely stepping down of L K Advani as Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

After criticising the BJP leadership for removing him from the post of Uttarakhand Chief Minister, B C Khanduri on Saturday met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and is understood to have aired his grievances.

In a bid to defuse the crisis in BJP over Vasundhara Raje's continuance as Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan, the party's central leadership has summoned her to the capital on August 31 to meet senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu.