‘Advani has right to be angry but will pacify him’

As LK Advani continues to sulk over Narendra Modi’s anointment as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, party president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the patriarch had the ‘right’ to be angry but that did not reflect divisions in the party on the issue.

He also rejected suggestions that the decision to elevate the Gujarat chief minister, considered a divisive and polarising figure, was taken under pressure from the RSS.

‘Advani continues to be our leader, guardian and mentor. He has every right to be angry. I take cognizance of it and would try to address it. Where is the question of his isolation’? 

Singh told reporters here, a day after the decision to appoint Modi to spearhead BJP’s challenge in the 2014 general elections sent Advani into a sulk.

Meanwhile, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met LK Advani who opposed Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi being made BJP’s prime ministerial candidate.

‘No one is upset,’ Sushma Swaraj told reporters after the meeting.