Puppets on a string

June 13, 2013 11:44

Here's what the editorial on the Hindu says on LK Advani's resignation and thereafter.

"The mutinous Lal Krishna Advani has retreated, leaving Narendra Modi's supporters to rejoice and glory in their victory. Yet for all its popular appeal, the legend of the victor and the vanquished, one a disciple of the other, will not get past the serious analyst '" for the simple reason that the plot and its ending were written and executed by a strategist technically outside the work area of the Bharatiya Janata Party but nonetheless accustomed to exercising control from behind the veil." Read

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