Korba: After opposing Narendra Modi's anointment as BJP's PM candidate, a mellowed L K Advani today praised him for development in Gujarat and hoped that all good tasks undertaken by party governments in states will be rolled out across the country.
“Today, if he (Modi) has been entrusted the responsibility of the country by my party BJP, then all the good tasks undertaken by our governments in various states would be carried out all over the country,” Advani told reporters after his first public speech at a rally here since Modi's anointment.
Advani, who went into a sulk after BJP's central parliamentary board nominated Modi as party's prime ministerial challenger on Friday, said, “Gujarat is the first state in the country where electricity is available in all villages 24 hours a day and the credit for that goes to Narendra Modi.”
BJP patriarch's public lauding of Modi comes after he opposed announcement of Modi's name as the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate before the assembly elections to five states later this year and stayed away from the decision by BJP Parliamentary Board last Friday.
