Advani turns 83; Prez, PM wish him

Leader of Opposition L K Advani [ Images ] on Sunday turned 83 with President Pratibha Patil [ Images ] and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] being among the first to wish him on the occasion.

The president sent flowers to the senior BJP leader. The prime minister and Lok Sabha Speaker [ Images ] Meira Kumar [ Images ] wished him over the phone.

Others who wished him by visiting his residence included BJP President Rajnath Singh and leaders M Venkaiah Naidu, Ananth Kumar, Kalraj Mishra, Shahnawaj Hussain and actor-turned-BJP politician Smriti Irani [ Images ].

INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala also called on the BJP leader to wish him personally.