Veteran BJP leader LK Advani admitted to AIIMS
First Published: 27th June, 2024 7:38 IST
He was recently conferred with Bharat Ratna by President Draupadi Murmu on March 30, 2024.
Senior and veteran leader of the BJP, Lal Krishna Advani, was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday.
The BJP leader is stable and under observation, according to doctors.
He was recently conferred with Bharat Ratna by President Draupadi Murmu on March 30, 2024.
Born in Karachi (present-day Pakistan) on November 8, 1927, Advani joined the RSS as a Swayamsevak in 1942. He served as the BJP National President from 1986 to 1990, then from 1993 to 1998, and from 2004 to 2005. Advani had served as the President of the party for the longest period since its inception in 1980.
Capping a parliamentary career of nearly three decades, LK Advani was first the Home Minister and, later, the Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1999-2004).
general elections, ending on 16 May 2009, according to the official website of BJP.
On 10 December 2007, the Parliamentary Board of BJP formally announced Advani as its prime ministerial candidate for the general elections due in 2009. But when Congress and its allies won the 2009 general elections, Advani paved the way for Sushma Swaraj to become the Leader of the Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha. (ANI)
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