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LetsDiscuss: LAL KRISHNA ADVANI - BJP(UPA)
Lal Krishna Advani (Sindhi: लाल कृष्ण आडवाणी), also known as Lalchand Kishenchand Advani (Sindhi: लालचंद किशनचंद आडवाणी) (born 8 November 1927[1]) is an Indian politician and a former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004 and is currently the leader of opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha.
Advani, who began his political career as a worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is often credited with having made the BJP a formidable force in Indian politics.
Early life
Lal Krishna Advani was born in Karachi (then British India) to Kishanchand D. Advani and Gyani Devi. Initially, he joined the D.G. National College in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan) for his education. He later graduated with a degree from the Government Law College, Bombay University.
[edit] Political career
[edit] Initial stages
Advani's political career began when he joined the RSS in 1942. He later became the president of the organization's Karachi branch. In 1947, Advani was sent to Mewat in Rajasthan, which had witnessed communal violence following partition, to oversee the affairs of the Sangh.
[edit] Jana Sangh days
In 1980, after the collapse of the Chowdhury Charan Singh government, Advani became a prominent leader of the newly founded BJP and represented the party in the Rajya Sabha.
[edit] The rise of BJP
Advani became the president of the BJP in 1986. He gradually brought in a shift in the party's policies by advocating Hindutva and subsequently, the party came to power in several Indian states. The period that followed also witnessed a change in Indian politics with the Congress party and especially its Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi getting embroiled in the Bofors scandal. After the elections that followed the Rajiv government, BJP decided to support a coalition headed by V P Singh.
Under Advani, the BJP had launched an agitation on the issue of Ramjanmabhoomi. For quite a while it had been the demand of many Hindutva groups that a temple be built at the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, which had been built over the ruins of a Rama temple. The movement gained momentum in the early 1990s, when Advani embarked on a "rath yatra" to mobilize "karsevaks" to converge upon the Babri Masjid to offer prayers (During Rajiv Gandhi's reign, an idol of Rama had been installed at the mosque). However, despite assurances given to the government and the supreme court, the edifice was brought down by the "karsevaks". Soon after, Advani was charged with delivering inflammatory speeches to spread communal hatred.
These incidents brought in a huge surge in popularity for the BJP, especially in North India. In the 1991 general elections, BJP had won the most number of seats after the Congress party.
BJP, under Advani, sat in opposition from 1992-1996 during the reign of P V Narasimha Rao. The Rao regime was marred by accusations of corruptions and various scandals and BJP made good use of all these issues to project itself as the only corruption free alternative to the Congress.
After the 1996 general elections, the BJP became the single largest party and was consequently invited by the President to form government. Atal Behari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister in May 1996. However, the government did not last long and resigned in June that year.
BJP, under the umbrella of NDA, again came to power with Vajpayee as PM in March 1998, when elections were called after India saw two unstable governments headed H D Deve Gowda and I K Gujral respectively. Advani assumed the office of Home Minister and was later elevated to the position of Deputy Prime Minister. As union minister Advani had a tough time with India facing a string of internal disturbances in the form of terror attacks and communal riots. Earlier, Advani had been exonerated in the Jain-Hawala scandal.
BJP suffered a shocking defeat in the general elections held in 2004, and was made to sit in the opposition with Advani as the leader. The NDA disintegrated with the Telugu Desam Party, which had supported their government from the outside, deserting the alliance.
During this period, Advani had to deal with opposition from within the party. His two close associates, Uma Bharati, and Madan Lal Khurana, and long time rival Murali Manohar Joshi public voiced against Advani. In June 2005, Advani drew much criticism when he, while on a visit to the Jinnah Mausoleum at Karachi - his town of birth, allegedly endorsed Mohammad Ali Jinnah and described him a secular leader. This did not sit well with the RSS and Advani relinquished his post a BJP president. However, he withdrew the resignation a few days later.
The relationship between Advani and the RSS reached a low point when K S Sudarshan, opined that both Advani and Vajpayee give way to new leaders. At the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the BJP in Mumbai in December 2005, Advani stepped down as party president and Rajnath Singh, a leader from Uttar Pradesh was elected in his place. In March 2006, following a bomb blast at one of the holiest Hindu shrines at Varanasi, Advani undertook a "Bharat Suraksha Yatra" (Sojourn for National Security), to highlight the alleged failure of the ruling UPA in combating terror.
[edit] Prime Minister candidacy
L.K. Advani with Dmitry Medvedev of Russia.
In an interview with a news channel in December 2006, L.K. Advani stated that as the Leader of the Opposition in a parliamentary democracy, he considered himself as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the general elections, scheduled for early 2009. This public revelation irritated some of his colleagues who were not supportive of his candidacy. In previous remarks, party spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had told the press that the BJP would fight the elections under a second-generation leader.
A major factor going in favor of Advani is that he has always been the most powerful leader in the BJP with the exception of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who endorsed Advani's candidacy shortly after the interview was done. On 2 May 2007, BJP President Rajnath Singh, in an interview, stated that: "After Atal there is only Advani. Advani is the natural choice. It is he who should be PM".[2]
On 10 December 2007, the Parliamentary Board of BJP formally announced that L. K. Advani would be its prime ministerial candidate for the General Elections due in May 2009.
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I would definitely not like him to be the Prime Minister.... our country has already tolerated him since the past so many years, now we just cannot take shit from him for the next 5 years.....
Ha ha j2imu - good one but looks like nobody should be the prime minister. Who according to you is the best candidate for PM ?
A BIG noooooooooo for Mr.L.K.Advani
Reasons:
1) LK Advani age:80
2) BJP working is against INDIAN Constitution.According to Constitution, INDIA is a Secular country. BJP with VHP and RSS is corrupt.All Indian know about "Ayodhya" and "Gujrat" incident.
3) I don't want a Rath in my parking :-)
4) Bcos of Atal Bihari Vajpayee or BJP, INDIA even can't think about any attack on pakistan based militant camps.What we get from nuke. We successfully tested our nuke capability only once. If time comes and country want to fire a nuke on enemy. Can BJP ensure nuke will explode successfully in mid air, as INDIAN Scientist tested nuke underground which is useless.
5) Compare Congress strategy over MUMBAI attack and BJP strategy over Hijack. B'COS OF CONGRESS Strategy pakistan black listed on EARTH. What BJP did: nothing.
ha ha ha no rath in the parking lot, that was one of the quality sarcastic joke i have heard......
and u are right dear BJP is definitely a big no with its current agenda and current candidate......
Garfield answer is simple my frnd.
In my opinion no one is quite potent to lead the country like INDIA. Major reformation is needed to change the style of election's in INDIA...
Congress ruled over us for about 50 years, BJP did so for 5 years...But still our nation is counted amongsnt developing countries...I dnt c ne lyt at the end of the tunnel..These debates,polls,interviews happens all tym but it does not result into ne fruitful action taken to improve our political scenario...
same here J2 Currently i cant figure out an answer as to who should be the Prime Minister of India.... the only name that flashes in my mind is OMAR ABDULLAH AS THE PM..........
It is absolutely incredible. A country run 5 years remote control by an Italian lady, and we are still discussing if the BJP has a chance to come back. I am a die hard BJP supporter, but am just surprised that the BJP has not been able to push the congress completely in the corner. The BJP surprisingly has no media support to speak of and the congress propaganda seems to be working, that there is muted criticism of the government and there is almost surprise that the economy is in bad shape and this is all blamed on the global state of affairs. Sorry guys, the congress has run India to the ground and in my view the entire winning of the congress and Sonia being in charge is a deep rooted conspiracy against hindus. The sad thing is that hindus dont realise it and still vote for the wolves. While I think BJP will do far better than the media has led us to believe, however will fall below what they should have done. Comedy of errors, NDA did most things right and lost the elections, the UPA did everything wrong and still has a sliver of hope to come back. We Indians unfortunately seem to deserve this govt.
hey j2 so i suppose you support NDA but are not willing to to take the young LK Advani as the PM....
but don't you feel that the BJP government would go on its Hindutva agenda and we would have to face the heat of a possibility of a riot every now and then....
I mean how can we hvae a party as a ruler whose agenda is opposite from what is written in the Indian constitution.....