Will not quit active politics: Advani
December 18th, 2009 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani Friday relinquished his post as Leader of Opposition but asserted that it was not the end of his active political career.
“If they think that I will quit activeness and politics, then it is all wrong. I think that I became a rath yatri at 14 when I was just out of high school and became a Swayam Sewak…. This rath yatra would go on for life,” Advani, 82,said at a meeting of the parliamentary party meeting here.
He is set to become chairman of the BJP parliamentary party.
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