Congress defeat never so certain, BJP grateful to PM, Sonia: Advani

“Following carefully the performance of the Sonia-Manmohan Singh government since 2004, I have been telling colleagues that we should be grateful to the UPA duo for working systematically and steadfastly to ensure that in 2014, once again a BJP-led government comes into power,” he said.  

Making no mention of the recent row in BJP over his displeasure on its decision to field him from Gandhinagar, the veteran leader named Deendayal Upadhyaya, Nanaji Deshmukh, Atal Behari Vajpayee and Kushabhau Thakre as the role models for the whole party to emulate.

What he regarded Vajpayee's most conspicuous trait, Advani said, was that even with such cardinal achievements to his credit he never sensed in him even a trace of ego or arrogance.

“It is therefore that while talking about the balance sheet of all Prime Ministers since 1947, I myself can say that he was by far the most outstanding of all,” he said.