Expelled Jaswant meets Advani

Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh on Friday met L K Advani at his residence here, raising speculation over the move.

Sources said the former Union minister, who had unsuccessfully contested against the official BJP nominee from Barmer, spent about 30 minutes with the BJP patriarch.

Sources close to Advani termed it merely as a "courtesy" meeting as the two have shared good relations in the past. Jaswant had expressed sadness over his expulsion after he refused to withdraw his candidature against the party's official candidate, Sonaram Chowdhury, in his hometown Barmer. He lost by a margin of 87,461 votes.