LK Advani is one of the fathers of the party who planted the seeds for the BJP to enjoy the power for the 3rd time in the center as a ‘hat-trick’. Advani’s contribution in bringing the BJP to power for the first time in 1998 after winning just 2 MPs in 1984 is a history that cannot be denied or hidden.
Advani was born in 1927 in Karachi, Sindh province of then united India. The Advani family left Pakistan at the time of partition and settled in Mumbai, Maharashtra, after completing their education in Karachi and Hyderabad. Advani completed his law education in Mumbai.
RSS as a school student. In Movement: As a schoolboy in Karachi, he joined the RSS, a new movement that was creating a stir among Hindus at the time. RSS in Karachi itself. Worked as a full-time employee of the movement. RSS in Rajasthan at the time of migration to India. He was sent by the leadership to the full-time work of the movement.
In the Jana Sangh: Advani joined the Jana Sangh, the root of today’s Bharatiya Janata Party, when Shyama Prasad Mukherjee started it in 1951. His extreme Hindutva ideological grasp made him emerge as an important ‘head’ in the Jana Sangh. Secretary to Jan Sangh General Secretary Bhandari; Then Advani’s grab in the Jana Sangh reaches its peak as in-charge of parliamentary affairs in Delhi. Advani emerged as one of the Jan Sangh’s national leaders in 15 years.
Union Ministership: Advani and Vajpayee have worked together as a duo since the Jana Sangam era. Indira Gandhi strongly opposed the Emergency imposed. Advani became the first Union Minister in the post-Emergency Janata government.
Rise of BJP: It was Vajpayee and Advani who formed the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980. In 1984, the BJP won the Lok Sabha elections for the first time. Then BJP got only 2 seats.
BJP in power: In 1998, the BJP took power for the first time in 16 years. It is no exaggeration that this is due to Vajpayee’s leadership and Advani’s radical policies. He took place in Indian history as the hero of ‘Ratha Yatra’ by conducting Ratha Yatras to champion the principles of Hindutva. Advani’s first Rath Yatra to the Ayodhya Ram Temple brought down the VP Singh regime. It also led to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. The demolition of Babri Masjid led to religious violence across the country. The subsequent Gujarat riots also took place. At the same time, the BJP took root in North India as a politically “Hindu” party.
Deputy Prime Minister: He served as the Union Home Minister during the Vajpayee regime in 1998. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the country from 2002 to 2004. No Deputy Prime Minister has been appointed since Advani. He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009.
Prime Ministerial Candidate: Advani was announced as the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Advani’s political chapter ended with the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Advani was sidelined by being inducted into the BJP’s steering committee or elder group.
Rejected Prime Minister, President Posts: Former Deputy Prime Minister of the country, nominated for Prime Ministerial candidate. He was denied the prime ministership when the BJP he formed won a landslide victory in 2014. His supporters were hoping that the BJP would nominate him as the country’s president. But even the presidency was not available to Advani. The current BJP has fulfilled its duty by honoring him by awarding only the highest awards of the country. is the one who did not enjoy the fruits of the party which he planted the seed and raised in blood and flesh by holding the Rathayatra and standing firmly rooted in power. L.K.Advani. This is the tragedy of history!
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