L.K.Advani and BJP ; L.K.Advani- Ironman of Indian Politics

Lal Krishna Advani, the veteran leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, had stepped down from the post of opposition leader in Lok Shava. He was succedded by Sushma Swaraj. Advani was born and brought up in Karachi.He started his education in Patrick's School in Karachi. Later, he was graduated from Govt. Law College, Bombey University. He started his political career in 1942 by joining Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Later, he became the president of Karachi Branch. He became a member of Bharatiya Jana Sangh after independence. The party broken up at time time of emergency. After emergency, he joined Janata Party. He was growing in stature as a olitical leader. in 1986, he became the president of BJP. He was instrumental in making his party a major force in Indian Politics by increasing the no of seats from 2 to enough to form a govt in 15 yrs. BJP, under the leadership of Advani, launched an aggitation to ebuild the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. He brought an outright change in party policy by bringing Hindutva and helped BJP to gain popularity. BJP's movement gained momentum in 1989 after he started the infamous Ratha Yatra. When BJP led coalition Govt.(NDA) formed the cabinetit in 1998, he was the union minister. In 2004, after BJP's defeat and retirement of Atal Bihari Vajpayee from active politics, he became the leader of opposition and as in that post till dec'2009. He was a cricket fan and bollywood buff. His favourite was Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan. Indian poitics will always remember L.K.Advani as a man, who has the strength of iron!