My political journey has not yet ended: Advani

The veteran BJP leader, who started his political journey 55 years ago, said this on his blog

Ahead of the coming Lok Sabha elections, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Sunday said his political journey that started 55 years ago had not ended, indicating an active innings ahead.

Blogging after a gap of one-and-a-half months, Advani, 86, recalled his association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which he joined as a fourteen-and-a-half-year-old in Karachi, and said, “It has given meaning to my life.”

“I found meaning when I left my home and family to work as a pracharak of the RSS, first in Karachi and later, after being uprooted by Partition, in Rajasthan. That meaning got further enriched when I embarked on a political journey 55 years ago, first as a worker of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, and later of the BJP. It is a journey that has not yet ended,” he said.

The blog comes days after speculation in a section of the BJP over Advani’s nomination to Rajya Sabha. Party president Rajnath Singh, however, denied any such talk, saying Advani was free to choose his own parliamentary seat to contest the coming polls.

In his blog titled “How association with RSS has given meaning to my life”, Advani recalled his recent visit to Khushwant Singh, who entered his centenary year on February 2, and lauded him for being a prolific and active writer despite his advanced age.

He also recalled how Khushwant Singh had in an article praised his “liberal” persona, despite criticising him in the past in connection with demolition of the Babri Masjid.