As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) braces for assembly and national elections, its prime minister hopeful L K Advani is shedding his Hindu hardliner image to present himself as a moderate leader a la Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Almost suddenly as it were, the man who will be 81 Saturday is attending more and more youth oriented events, some apparently insignificant, regaling the audiences with anecdotes from his eventful political career. (Watch)
The new Advani is funny to the extent of making youngsters roar in laughter.
On Oct 20, after launching Indiabanao.org, to inspire and involve the young in social and political events, Advani narrated how he and Vajpayee watched a movie at Old Delhi's Imperial cinema after being routed in a local election.
"Only when the movie started we realised it was Raj Kapoor's 'Phir Subah Hogi' (It shall dawn once again)," laughed Advani at the irony, addressing hundreds packed in an auditorium in the heart of New Delhi.
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