LK Advani evasive on being BJP's PM choice in 2014 polls

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader LK Advani was on Wednesday evasive over the issue of his candidature for prime minister's post, saying the Jana Sangh and BJP have given him much more than the PM's post.

What the country has given me is bigger than the post of Prime Minister, Advani said.

The BJP leader said he was happy being part of the party.

"From the RSS, to the Jan Sangh and to the BJP, I am happier to be a part of the party, than being Prime Minister," Advani replied when he was asked if he is the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the Lok Sabha elections in 2014.

LK Advani reached Nagpur on Wednesday morning for a meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the Sangh headquarters here.

Talking to reporters, Advani said he had come to Nagpur to meet party president Nitin Gadkari who had undergone a small operation besides the RSS chief.

Advani had announced his yatra plan on the last day of the monsoon session of Parliament earlier this month. The BJP parliamentary board has endorsed the senior leader's decision, but there has been no discussion with the Sangh on it yet. Advani is, therefore, expected to discuss plans for the yatra as well as the current political scenario in the country with Bhagwat.

The Sangh has backed all the five earlier yatras that Advani has undertaken. It is expected to support his yatra this time too since it is against the issue of corruption. When Anna Hazare had started his movement, the RSS had declared that it would back any campaign against graft. Advani's yatra is likely to begin on October 11, the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan.