Not in the race for PM's post: Advani announces

November 08, 2012 20:57

IBNLive: Lal Krishna Advani, the man who propelled the Bharatiya Janata Party from an also ran to power in Delhi in just over a decade, on Thursday celebrated his 85th birthday and finally announced that he was not in the race to become the Prime Minister of India.

Forced to play second fiddle to BJP patriarch and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a major part of his career, Advani never hid his political ambitions but failed to realise as first BJP allies and then the unforgiving electorates of India made sure that the one dream he cherished most would remain unfulfilled.

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