Sunday, November 8, 2015.

That's the day the results of the five-phase Bihar polls will be declared.

That's also the day when BJP stalwart LK Advani turns 88.

For both the BJP and the JDU, RJD, Congress alliance or the mahagathbandhan, it's been a do or die election. BJP 'margdarshak' Advani will also be waiting for the results as well.


BJP circles are agog with speculation that Advani's inner circle  who are disgruntled with Narendra Modi will be at Advani's Prithviraj Road residence in New Delhi at 9 am.

This is obviously to wish the grand old man of the party and also to weatch and wait for the emerging results from Bihar. By 11 am a clear trend is generally available.


Advani's coterie have placed their faith on the exit polls which say its a BJP loss (except Chanakya). If the exit polls are indeed true, and the BJP loses, the group will up their ante and mount a campaign about the possible scenario in Bihar. The Modi camp believes that Advani's daugher Pratibha, and his secretary Deepak Chopra, will brief the media in private and prompt the veteran to speak on the reasons behind the defeat of the BJP in Bihar.


It may be recalled that the LK Advani had refused to address the BJP national executive that was held in Bangalore in April. Reports had indicated he was unhappy over his steady marginalisation in the BJP by the new dispensation headed by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.

Will the BJP go with 'old is gold' or resist change, remains to be seen.