SC ruling in Babri case: Surgical strike on Advani's presidential ambitions

Not the first time that his alleged role in Babri demolition will cost Advani a sought after job.

According to some reports, in Bhubaneswar during the national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited senior party leader Murli Manohar Joshi to join him at the dinner table where he sat with party chief Amit Shah and some others.

The reports speculated how this could signal Joshi being ahead in the race to be the BJP nominee for the presidential election. A section within the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has also been promoting Joshi’s name for the presidential elections.

In contrast, senior party leader LK Advani’s name for the presidential polls as a