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In presence of Modi, Advani files nomination from Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar: Accompanied by Narendra Modi, veteran BJP leader L K Advani today filed his nomination from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, putting up a show of unity after months of apparent frost in ties between the

PTI Updated on: April 05, 2014 16:48 IST
"After all my relations with Gandhinagar and with Gujarat did not start with my contesting from here. They started with unfortunate incident that accompanied India's independence," Advani said, referring to the partition after which he and his family moved to India from Pakistan.

"My father stepped in Adipur (a Kutch township where Advani and his family moved after the Partition) for a brief while. He then moved to Kashi (Banaras or modern-day Varanasi), where my grandmother wanted to spend her last days.

"He was there for 3-4 four years and then shifted to Adipur. This is the background of my and my family's association with Gujarat," he said.
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