Sending a strong message that BJP was firmly behind jailed Amit Shah, the party’s senior leader L K Advani today went to Sabarmati prison to meet the former Gujarat minister who is an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case.
The visit of Advani, who is the second BJP leader to meet the close aide of Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the prison after Arun Jaitley visited him on September 11, came a day after the party broke into Congress bastion winning a bye-election in Kathlal assembly constituency for the first time in five decades.
Endorsing Modi’s views, Advani slammed the Centre for using CBI as a tool in targeting BJP government in the state against the backdrop of the former minister of state for home being booked in the Sohrabuddin case by the central investigating agency.
Advani also visited Shah’s residence in Naranpura area to meet his family members.