For a moment, the BJP’s script for a show of unity bringing together its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and senior leader LK Advani on a common dais went a bit awry. When Modi touched Advani’s feet, the patriarch seemed to be looking elsewhere.
This was the first time the two leaders were sharing dais publicly after September 13, when the Gujarat chief minister was made the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate despite Advani’s reservations. Advani, who unsuccessfully led the BJP in the 2009 general election, had reluctantly endorsed Modi’s candidature three full days after the announcement by the party’s parliamentary board.
Almost the entire parliamentary board of the party was on the stage set to address a “Karyakarta Mahakumbh” (party workers’ mega conclave) at Bhopal’s Jamboree Ground on Wednesday when Modi caught Advani unaware diving at his feet. Advani appeared unimpressed. But, the senior leader, who had presented bouquets to both Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, did bestow his blessing on the latter.
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