"I will not call Narendra bhai my protege, but I have never seen a more brilliant and efficient events manager than him.
"And this event management capacity he had brought to governance also. That has made him more suitable for the assignment, the party has given to him."
He said Modi has proved a remarkable leader, not just of the BJP but even when he was an RSS pracharak.
Advani, however, said Modi should not be compared with Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
"I would not compare, certainly not to Atal ji. Atal ji was a class by himself. The main ideologue of the party was Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and the person to implement it in governance was Atal ji," he said.
