Lal Krishna Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister and a veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, is no more. A founding member of the BJP in 1980, Mr. Advani is considered the architect of the party’s rise as a major national force in the 90s. The veteran leader rode the Ayodhya movement and elevated the BJP from the fringes to the mainstream. Mr Advani, along with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was the face of the party for several decades before the advent of the Modi-Shah era.
From leading the rath yatra to his swearing-in as Deputy Prime Minister of India, here’s look at the key moments from Advani’s public life that also left an indelible
footprint in the country’s political terrain.