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Bharat Ratna to L K Advani: The ‘Charioteer’ Who Led BJP to Rise, Leaving an Enduring Mark on Indian Politics

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Advani: The 'Charioteer' Who Led BJP to Rise, Leaving an Enduring Mark on Indian Politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced Bharat Ratna honour for BJP veteran L K Advani. Advani, who served as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the longest period, was instrumental in building the party in the 90s and guiding it to power at the centre. It was under Advani that the BJP saw a phenomenal rise from 2 Lok Sabha seats in 1984 to 85 seats in 1989 and then 120 in 1991. Advani, who served as deputy prime minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government besides holding…

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Mehbooba Mufti accuses BJP of creating an army of Godses, says India needs another Gandhi

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Mehbooba Mufti accuses BJP of creating an army of Godses, says India needs another Gandhi

The country could not produce another Mahatma Gandhi in the last 75 years, but the BJP made many Nathuram Godses in the last decade, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday. Mufti was replying to a volley of questions about BJP’s poster portraying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a ‘new age Ravan’. Speaking to reporters here, Mufti said that any person who would have put out a similar poster showing a BJP leader would have been “jailed immediately without any case or investigation” and would also be denied bail. In…

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