LK praises Namo; predicts record victory in ’14 polls

New Delhi Narendra Modi can now breath easy. BJP Parliamentary Party Chief L K Advani on Sunday surprised many by praising the Gujarat CM.

Delivering the valedictory address at a meeting of the BJP Election Campaign Committee, state unit presidents and general secretaries, the party patriarch praised Modi for underscoring the need to strengthen the party at the booth level.

Advani also praised Modi for an earlier campaign he had launched asking young and first time voters, among others, to register themselves as voters with the Election Commission.

The senior leader said these aspects are very important as the main aim is to bring the voters to the booth and ensure that they cast vote.

According to souces, Advani said that the BJP was going in the right direction under the guidance of Modi, as per reports. He is also supposed to have said that BJP will secure a record win in the 2014 General Elections.

Though Advani also praised Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj, her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley and BJP President Rajnath Singh, many were pleasantly surprised at his kind words for Modi.

Advani, who had resigned earlier this year in protest against Modi's elevation as Election Campaign Committee Chief, had taken jibes at him for his attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Independence Day just three days ago.