Letter to BS: Difficult to undo the damage L K Advani did to Indian polity

As Advani is still hale and hearty, age cannot be cited against the veteran when it comes to be a candidate.

Wisdom dawned on L K Advani when he was denied the party ticket to contest the Lok Sabha election. Depending on their political inclinations and loyalties, some say that the denial of ticket to him is an act of humiliation and betrayal while others say it is time the octogenarian retires. It is a bit doleful that he was sent to political oblivion by someone who grew up under his tutelage. Advani mentored Narendra Modi as his protégé and saved him from being shown the door by Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the wake of the Gujarat pogrom. For his critics,