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Reality Check : L K Advani Saved Narendra Modi As Chief Minister Of Gujarat In 2002 ; Vajpayee Reminded Modi Of Raj Dharma Says Jairam Ramesh
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Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has alleged that BJP stalwart Lal Krishna Advani had saved Narendra Modi’s Gujarat CM chair in 2002.
He made the claim before reporters at Mohanpur in Jharkhand’s Deoghar on the sidelines of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the name of Advani for Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award.
Replying to a query on the conferring of Bharat Ratna on Advani, Ramesh said, “In 2002, Advani ji had saved Narendra Modi. The then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had reminded Modi lesson of ‘Raj Dharma’ and wanted to remove him from the post of CM. However, only one person saved him and that was Advani (at a BJP meeting) in Goa.”
