Lal Krishna Advani is one of the prominent figures in Indian politics over the last few decades and remained the Leader of Opposition in the 10th and 14th Lok Sabha. L K Advani served as Home Minister and then Deputy Prime Minister from 1998 to 2004 while Atal Behari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. He was born to Shri Kishinchand Advani and Gyanidevi on November 8, 1927, in Karachi. Let's read more about him as he turns 95.
Family Brief: L.K. Advani’s father was Mr. Kishinchand, his mother was Gyanidevi. His younger sister is Sheela. He is married to Kamla Advani since 1965 and has two children, son Jayant and daughter Pratibha Advani.
Career: Lal Krishna Advani attended St. Patrick's High School in Karachi for his formal education. From 1936 until 1942, he spent six years there as a student. When L.K. Advani was appointed the Secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Karachi, in 1947, his career as a social worker officially began.
Political Strides: In 1947, L. K. Advani was appointed the RSS's Karachi wing's Secretary. He joined the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951. Shri Shyama Prasad Mookerjee created the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. He served as the Bharatiya Jan Sangh's leader from 1966 to 1967.
L.K. Advani represented Delhi in the Rajya Sabha from the years 1970 to 1976. He was selected to lead the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in the year 1973. He represented Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha from 1976 to 1982. . After the Jana Sangh was disbanded in 1977, L.K. Advani and respected leader Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee joined the Janata Party.
The Janata Party won the Lok Sabha elections in 1977, and Morarji Desai was appointed the country's new prime minister. L.K. Advani served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from January 1980 to April 1980. He was selected to serve as the Bharatiya Janata Party's general secretary in the year 1980 and did so until the year 1986. He was re-elected to serve in the Rajya Sabha for a third time in 1982. He was elected president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1986 and served in that capacity until 1991. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha for a fourth term in the year 1988. L. K. Advani was appointed to serve in the 9th Lok Sabha in the year 1989. He served as the leader of the BJP's Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1991.
In accordance with the Recruitment and Conditions Rules of 1955, L.K. Advani served as the Chairman of Review at the Lok Sabha Secretariat Committee from 1990 to 1991. He was elected to the tenth Lok Sabha for a second term in 1991. He served as the leader of the opposition from 1991 to 1993.
L.K. Advani once more became leadership of the BJP from the years 1993 to 1998. He was elected to serve a third term as a member of the 12th Lok Sabha in the year 1998. He served as the Union Cabinet's Minister of Home Affairs from 1998 to 1999.He was re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999, this time for a fourth term. He served as the Union Cabinet's Minister of Home Affairs from October 1999 to May 2004.
L.K. Advani served as deputy prime minister from June 29, 2002, until May 4, 2004. He served as the Union Cabinet Minister of Personnel, Pensions & Public Grievances from July 1, 2002, to August 25, 2002. He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 and was chosen as the Leader of the Opposition.
L.K. Advani was a member of the Committee on Home Affairs from August 5, 2006, to May 2009. He i was re-elected to the fifteenth Lok Sabha in 2009 for a sixth term. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha from May 2009 until December 2009.
On August 4, 2009, L.K. Advani was selected to join the Parliament House Complex's Committee on Installation of Statues/Portraits of National Leaders and Parliamentarians. He joined the Committee on Home Affairs on August 31, 2009. He joined the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Maintenance of Heritage Character & Development of Parliament House Complex on December 15, 2009, becoming a member on that day.
L.K. Advani resigned from every position he held on June 10, 2013. He expressed his worries, claiming that the BJP was founded by Nanaji Deshmukh, Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Deendayal Upadhyaya and is no longer the innocent party. However, L.K.Advani withdrew his resignation after an intervention and a promise from senior leader Rajnath Singh that the party would address and investigate his concerns.
The Indian Parliamentary Group presented Lal Krishna Advani with the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 1999.