IOP Bureau
New Delhi, Nov 8, 2020:
On the 93rd birthday of Senior BJP Leader and former Union Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, greeted him personally by visiting his house on Sunday in New Delhi and appreciated his significant role in the country's development and also for taking the party to the masses. As the two met, Modi touched Advani's feet and greeted him on his birthday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda were among others who also visited senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on this occasion.
In a Tweet posted in Hindi, PM Modi said, “Advani, home minister and deputy prime minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government, played a significant role in the country's development and also took the party to the masses.”
He is a "living inspiration" to the crores of BJP workers and also the countrymen, the prime minister said, wishing for his long and healthy life.
PM Modi also participated in the cake-cutting ceremony at his house. Modi accompanied Advani and his daughter Pratibha during the cake-cutting. The prime minister also presented Advani with a bouquet. Advani’s longest serving Personal Secretary Deepak Chopra was also present at this moment.
Advani is the longest-serving president of the BJP and is credited with charting the path for his party to grow from the margins of national politics to become its leading player, and then come to power in the 90s.
Born on November 8, 1927 in a Hindu business family in Karachi, now in Pakistan to Advani and Giani Devi, LK Advani served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004 under PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
One of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Advani also served as Minister of Home Affairs in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government from 1998 to 2004. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 10th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha. He was the National Democratic Alliance prime ministerial candidate in the 2009 general elections.
LK Advani completed his early schooling from St. Patrick's High School Karachi and then enrolled in Government College Hyderabad Sindh. His family moved to India during Partition and settled in Mumbai, where he graduated in law from Government Law College, Bombay University, where he became friends with Diwan Parmanand Gangwani and was bestowed by Ram Jethmalani and AK Brohi.
LK Advani married Kamala Advani (1932–2016) in February 1965. He has a son, Jayant, and a daughter, Pratibha. Pratibha Advani produces TV serial and also supports her father in his political activities. His wife died on 6 April 2016.
Advani began his political career as a volunteer of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) a right-wing Hindu nationalist organisation in 1941 as a 14-year-old boy. In 2015 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour.
Image courtesy – Twitter handles of PM Modi and HM Amit Shah
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