PM Modi credits L K Advani with giving BJP a foundation rooted in the Nation First principle

Exam-ready takeaways

1. Mr Modi credited Mr Advani’s tenures as BJP president with the Congress falling sharply from 400 seats to below 200 in 1989 and emerging as the single largest party for the first time in 1996.
2. Recalling the 1991 Lok Sabha elections, Mr Modi said, Mr Advani contested from two seats, one of them was Gandhinagar.