L.K. Advani : BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate

10/12/2007 08:43:12 KaumudiNEW DELHI:

The BJP has named former deputy prime minister and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani as the party's prime ministerial candidate.Party president Rajnath Singh made the announcement after a meeting of the BJP's highest decision-making body, the Parliamentary Board, on Monday.According to sources, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee endorsed Advani's candidature and the Board unanimously picked Advani for the post

K.Venugopal 12/12/2007 04:44:52
Advani - Man with capital M

Advani is Swami Vivekananda's and Guruji's Man with a capital M. Character is best measured when the going is bad. When the going is good everybody shines. The whole Jinnah controversy arose because we reacted to twisted newspaper reports about Advani's comments without waiting for Advani to clarify. To have called him a traitor was the most unkindest cut of all. And finally we got him to relinquish his post. But he bore it all because he has a faith in Sangha that we would be unable to measure. Never once did he criticize Sangha while all the time standing by what he said. Truly, a man with the courage of his convictions. I wish also to say that we have much to learn from Vajpayeeji. He is an Ajatashatru par excellence. Truly a man with abundance of Susheelam, as taught in our Prarthana. Further, even as PM many times he declared that he is a swayamsevak first and foremost. Let us, therefore, under their able leadership, give all support to BJP so that it can come to power in the Centre and put the nationalistic course of our nation back on track.

Menon 11/12/2007 16:48:57
So much hope in Mr. AdvaniI have so much hope in Mr. Advani. BJP could have given the reign to him before they left last time.He can make big change in India's history. We need a vibrant leader at this difficult time.
Praveen Komath 11/12/2007 02:54:04
Let us work together towards BJP's victory in the next parliamentary elections It is indeed great news to hear that Shri Advaniji will be the prime ministerial candidate for the on-coming Pariament elections which is due in 2009 but which could also be held much earlier since the UPA boat might capsize any moment with the leftists ready to bid farewell to the UPA over the nuclear row. Indeed Advaniji is the right person to represent India vis-a-vis the international arena. With his towering personality and positive body-language, he is the 'Yug Purush' of our times. With the right mixture of political alliances,the backing of various Sangh organisations and aggressive campaigning, the BJP can come back to power.Let each one of us commited towards the hindutwa cause make sure that votes are cast in favour of the NDA candidates.
B.R.Haran 11/12/2007 02:34:35
L.K.Adwani: BJP's PM candidateThe BJP parliamentary board, with the fullest blessings of former Prime Minister Mr.Vajpayee, had unanimously chosen and announced Mr.Adwani as the Prime ministerial candidate for the forthcoming Parliament Elections. Mr.Adwani is one of the rarest, clean handed politicians of our country known for his honesty & integrity with an impeccable behavioral track record spanning more than four decades and he has been instrumental along with Mr.Vajpayee, in the phenomenal growth of BJP in a short span of time. His performance as Deputy Prime Minister during the NDA regime was exemplary. But, unlike Mr.Vajpayee, he had always faced a hostile media, which had branded him as a "hardliner" and a champion of the so-called "Hindutva" in its attempt to foist a false image on him. The media, which had tried and failed many times to create a rift between Vajpayee & Adwani, must be hanging its head in shame now, since this new announcement had emanated from none other than Mr.Vajpayee. Hereafter, the media will forget Gujarat & Modi, as the BJP's victory is written on the wall, particularly after the "merchant of death" debacle by Sonia & "Hindu Terrorists" fiasco by Digvijay, and will focus on Ayodya, Babri demolition and the consequent riots. The media will use its might to rock the NDA boat and spoil the newly emerging alliances, which are expected to come in favour of BJP. As the RSS had welcomed the announcement, VHP will also follow suit. The cadres will work with a rejuvenated will and vigor. In the inevitability of BJP winning Gujarat & Himachal Pradesh, the Adwani-Modi combination will stare dangerously at the UPA-Left combine, which are responsible & accountable for absolute "Non-Governance" for the last three and a half years. This will force the Left to withdraw its "withdrawal threat". As the Left front is already waning in West Bengal & Kerala, the so-called UNPA will vanish in thin air. A victory in Gujarat & Himachal Pradesh will steady the BJP boats in MP and Rajastan and Karnataka is expected to have a majority government run by BJP. DMK & AIADMK may fight it out to join NDA and a similar scene may be expected in UP between Maya & Mulayam. Chandrababu Naidu & Mamta Banerjee will shamelessly get back to NDA. JD (U), BJD and Akali Dal are already there strongly with BJP. The position of NCP & RJD will be pathetic, particularly for Lalu, who is embroiled in a flurry of legal cases. The Indian Political Scene will be very interesting to watch in the coming days!
Vijayalakshmi 11/12/2007 00:25:08
L.K.Advani:BJP's PM candidate.We welcome and whole-heartedly support the candidature of SriL.K.Advani as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate. I would like to state that initially I was also offended like other Hindus with Sri Advani,not for saying that Jinnah was secular, but because he did not care to explain his statement to the people.Actually there was nothing wrong in what Sri Advani said. The fact is that Jinnah having been a non-practising muslim, was not a staunch muslim/islamist. Having been in the freedom struggle long before Nehru appeared on the scene, he nursed the ambition of becoming the PM of India. But his hopes were dashed when Gandhiji supported Nehru to be the PM of India. He had stated till then that India should be a secular state- " you follow your religion and I'll follow mine. TheState shall not interfere in the religious affairs of the people."This is what Jinnah had said. Does not that qualify him to be asecularist? The leaders of free India have distorted secularism tosuch an extent that today they are brazenly practising anti-Hinduism.Anyway,why then did Jinnah become a hardliner?When it was clear to him that he stood no chance of becoming the PM of free India, he advocated partition of India and wanted a separate state for the muslims. He died of cancer the very next year. But the fact remains that he had advocated secularism. So, what Sri Advani had said is true. The only thing he should have done is to explain this to the people who had misgivings and misunderstood his observation onJinnah in Pakistan.I therefore request my Hindu brothers and sisters to understand this point and extend their full support to Sri Advani and thereby support the larger Hindu Cause. Sri Advani has devoted his life to Hindutvacause for a long period.It is in the fitness of things that he should be offerred the PM's post now. He is 80yrs old, and we must respect our elderly statesman. Sri Narendra Modi's turn will come. He is a symbol of Hindu Pride. At present he is happy to serve his Gujarat. Infact he is obsessed about it. Let him first do all he wants for Gujarat. Then he will occupy centre-stage. All of us should express our solidarity with our leaders. We should take care not to createrift, lest it be misused by our opponents.I have this to say to BJP leaders. Dr.Subramaniam Swamy is acourageous and capable leader espousing Hindutva. He had filedseveral cases against the wily and wicked Sonia. Had BJP supported him, she would not have grown to this stature and become a force to reckon with. It was the BJP leadership which unwittingly allowed the growth of Sonia and her son. BJP should fully support Dr Swamy atleast now, so that this 'Italian mafia' is banished from our soil.Jai Hind! Vande Mataram!With warm regards to one and all,Vijayalakshmi(& family).
Titu Raveendranathan 10/12/2007 22:00:09
We want Shri. Advani of 90'sDear Brothers,Namaste!!Happy to hear BJP’s announcement that Mr. Lal Krishna Advani will be the prime ministerial candidate for the next general election and let us hope the next prime minister of India. Mr. L K Advani born in Karachi on 8th Nov 1927 is considered as a strong advocacy of Hindutva and has brought about a sea change in the country in 90’s by Shri. Ram Mandir movement. But unfortunately it was not the same Advani that we saw in June 2005 when he made his visit to Pakistan where he praised Muhammad Ali Jinnah while visiting his mausoleum in Karachi by saying "Jinnah's August 1947 vision was secular" and his comments after that about RSS and Sangh Parivar. The present need of BJP and our nation is the Advani whom we saw in 90’s and not a Secular Advani who make’s his statements which is only to hold the power and to make a self image. So we request Mr. Lal Krishna Advani, Mr. Rajnath Singh and the BJP as a whole to be a Hindutva party and come up with the same election agenda of 90’s. We wish you all the best and the whole nation is with you.Note: Hindu is not a religion it’s a way of life. There is a land between river Sindhu and an ocean [Hindmahasagar/Indian ocean ] called Bharatand those who consider this land as their father land [ land of their ancestors] and /or holy place[ land of pilgrimage /Punya bhoomi] are all Hindus.
Tathagata Mukherjee 10/12/2007 19:16:05
The formal coming out of age of the prodigious son of HindutvaIts the formal coming out of age of the prodigious son of Hindutva. Shri Advani was always there at the helms of the affairs, but this annoitation was needed to bring sharper focus to the mis-deeds of anti-national UPA.Let Bhagawan give all his blessings to Shri Advani, who in the last 1000 years of Indian history, has shown what Hindu unity can achieve.We also should not forget the contribution of AB Vajpayee."The day hindus unite, hindu muslim problem will be solved in a day "- thus spoke Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, pre-eminent Indian Novelist.Its happening- but its pace needs to be hastened.