True Face of Advani Exposed : Rawar

Shahid Raza Burney, Arab News
BOMBAY, 10 June 2005 — Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar joined the growing chorus of leader who took aim at the former BJP President Lal Krishna Advani here yesterday.
He said, Advani who had throughout his life castigated the founder of India, Mahatma Gandhi, for the 1947 partition, today is admiring the founder of Pakistan Muhammed Ali Jinnah in Pakistan.
Pawar said people now know what level the BJP leaders can stoop to for power, and the true face of Advani is now before the people.
The BJP and its allies have been lambasting Gandhi, who fought till his last breath of his life for the unity of the country and to prevent bloodshed between Muslims and Hindus, till date. Suddenly these very communal leaders go to Pakistan and praise the Pakistani leader, knowing fully well that Jinnah had demanded the creation of an independent country.
“Strange are the BJP’s nationalism and patriotism,” said Pawar, adding had Advani taken this into consideration during his chariot rally to Ayodhya, the bloodshed of the poor could have been prevented and communal riots would have not taken place.
Even some in the BJP and many in the RSS are not prepared to accept the new face of Advani that has now been exposed before the people, he said.
In another major development, the two-day NCP convention began in Surat yesterday.
A former Shiv Sena legislator Ramesh Prabhu met the NCP president and is likely to join the NCP. A large number of Shiv Sena and BJP party workers are also reported to have joined the NCP.