Addressing the the national council, BJP patriarch L K Advani said, "It is for the first time I have seen such an organised session. I am pleased to see that literature on government's roadmap being shared among members."

"I had requested Amit Shah that it is the PM who must speak and not I. But he insisted that I should give a speech and I could not disobey our new chief," said Advani amid claps and laughter.