Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reached LK Advani’s residence on Tuesday morning to wish the veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader on his 95th birthday.
LK Advani, considered the architect of the party’s rise as a major national force in the 90s and a key figure in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir movement, is one of the co-founders of the Saffron party and has its been the longest serving president.
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Home Minister Amit Shah also wished LK Advani on his birthday and said, “Advani ji, with his relentless efforts, strengthened the party organisation across the country and also made invaluable contribution to the country’s development while being part of the government”.
Shah wished him good health and a long life.
Wishing a very happy birthday to respected LK Advani ji.
Advani ji, on one hand, strengthened the organization across the country with his continuous hard work, while on the other hand, while being in the government, made an invaluable contribution to the development of the country. I pray to God for his good health and long life.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) November 8, 2022
Union minister Nitin Gadkari called Advani a source of inspiration. Another Union minister Rajnath Singh said Advani has made a very important contribution to the country, society and the party and is counted among the country’s tallest personalities.
Born in 1927 in Karachi, now part of Pakistan, Advani joined the RSS at a young age and later worked for Jana Sangh where he made a mark with his organisational abilities.
He was a founding member of the BJP in 1980 and was its face along with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for several decades. A monumental turn in national politics was Advani’s ‘Rath Yatra’ in 1990 in support of building the Ram temple in Ayodhya at a site believed to be the birth place of Lord Ram.
The Rath Yatra led by Advani marked the unstoppable rise of the party to power.
(With PTI inputs)
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