Advani quits BJP top posts:-quit from the Parliamentary Board, National Executive, and Election Committee of the party.

121 News Reporter:-

A day after Narendra Modi was named the campaign chief of the party. BJP patriarch LK Advani today quit from all party posts.Advani quit from the Parliamentary Board, National Executive, and Election Committee of the party.

Advani - once Modi's mentor - is believed to be miffed at the Gujarat strongman being made the party's face for 2014. The reason, many say, is that Advani hasn't yet shed his prime ministerial ambitions.

Advani's resignation has not been accepted by the party.

In his letter to party president Rajnath Singh, Advani wrote: 'For some time I have been finding it difficult to reconcile either with the current functioning of the party or the direction in which the party is going. I no longer have the feeling that this is the same idealistic party created by Dr Mookerji, Pandit Deendayal ji, Nanaji and Vajpayee ji, whose sole concern was the country and its people. Most people are now concerned with just their personal agendas.'

He concluded the letter, saying: 'I have decided, therefore, to resign from the three main fora of the party, namely the National Executive, the Parliamentary Board and the Election Committee. This may be regarded as my resignation letter.'
This is partly because he is such a polarising figure. Modi is popular among voters who are tired of what they consider to be incompetent and corrupt governments and see him as a no-nonsense administrator who can deliver growth and development, but he is viewed with deep suspicion by others, particularly the large Muslim minority.

Earlier, Advani skipped the BJP national executive meet in Goa, a first time in his entire political career.

His absence cast a shadow on Narendra Modi's prime ministerial aspirations.

Advani's decision to quit endorses his reluctance to endorse Modi's credentials and BJP's move to make Modi the face of the Lok Sabha polls.