The Bhartiya Janata Party's veteran leader L.K. Advani has decided to quit as the leader of opposition and possibly retire from active politics. Talking to the reporters, BJP general secretary Arun Jaitely said that BJP board has not yet accepted Advani's offer to resign. Meanwhile, a senior BJP tribal leader and four times Lok Sabha member from Bastar created stir when he questioned the choice of the party to project Advani as prime ministerial candidate. Reacting to his party not performing on the expected lines, 73-year-old Baliram Kashyap after winning convincingly from Bastar constituency said that the decision to project Advani was a blunder. Perhaps, he meant the choice on PM candidate as one important reason for the failure of BJP-led NDA securing majority. The 15th Lok Sabha election was arguably Advani's last attempt to get the nation's top job in the twilight of his nearly five-decade
