BJP president Advani on December 8, 1990

Advani after a darshan of Rama Lala at the disputed site on December 8, 1990.

The Union Home Minister, L.K. Advani, arriving to depose before the Liberhan Commission In New Delhi on April 11, 2001.
BJP chief Advani inspects the holy site of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on July 8, 2005.

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NEW DELHI, 08/11/2009: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani being greeted by supporters, on the occasion of his 83rd birthday, at his residence in New Delhi on November 08, 2009.
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The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, waving to the crowd during his ‘Bharat Uday Yatra’ at Bhatnakuti of Gopalganj district, on April 7, 2004.
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Narendra Modi receiving blessings from Advani at his swearing-in ceremony as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the third time at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on December 25, 2007. Pratima Advani and Rajnath Singh (left) look on.

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BJP leader L. K. Advani with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, during a function to pay homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary at the Central Hall of Parliament, in New Delhi.

L.K. Advani’s rath yatra passing through Delhi in October 1990.

Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani’s rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya (September-October 1990). When the V.P. Singh Government put an end to the yatra, the BJP withdrew support to the National Front Government. The break with the
BJP helped free the “third force” from the idea that the path of its advance lay in collaboration with Hindu communalism.

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L.K. Advani being garlanded by West Bengal BJP in Kolkata on March 06, 2009.
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