Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday said he was keen on contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. He, however, said he was not looking at a nomination to the Rajya Sabha.
Speaking to reporters after unfurling the National Flag here at his residence, Mr. Advani said: “I have not said anything and if somebody offers me this suggestion [contesting the Rajya Sbha polls] I will think about it. But it is natural, I think, that if I had to consider it I would have done it earlier.”
Asked if he was still considering contesting the Lok Sabha polls instead, he said: “This is what is in my mind.”
There was speculation that the BJP was considering nominating Mr. Advani, who represents Gandhinagar from Gujarat in the Lok Sabha, to the Rajya Sabha.
On President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day, the BJP patriarch said it was “significant” that Mr. Mukherjee found it imperative to speak against “populist anarchy.” “I will only say that on today’s occasion I will not comment on anybody even though it is significant, more so as the President found it necessary to comment on this,” he said.
