New Delhi: Narendra Modi on Thursday met senior BJP leader LK Advani, who is sulking over being fielded from Gandhinagar in Lok Sabha elections since he wanted to contest polls from Bhopal.
Modi went to his residence and was there for about half-an-hour, to apparently persuade Advani to contest from Gandhinagar, which he has represented for five times in Lok Sabha.
Yesterday, the BJP's parliamentary board and the central election committee, the two top decision making bodies of the party had decided to field Advani from Gandhinagar, not Bhopal as the senior leader desired.
File photo of BJP leaders at a political rally. PTI
Though it is not clear as to what transpired at the meeting, sources said Advani is adamant on contesting from Bhopal, saying that he be given a chance to exercise his option to select his seat just as other top party leaders like Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Modi.
The 86-year old party patriarch had conveyed his displeasure to party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari, who met him last night.
The two leaders then met Rajnath Singh to convey Advani's views. Last night, Modi met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, apparently to seek his intervention in resolving the issue.
Advani represented Gandhinagar in the 10th Lok Sabha (1991-96), 12th Lok Sabha (1998-99), 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004), 14th Lok Sabha (2004-09) and the current 15th Lok Sabha (2009-14).
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