L. K. Advani: Difference between revisions

After the fall of two United Front government between 1996 and 1998 (H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral), the Lok Sabha, (lower house) of India's Parliament was dissolved and new elections were held. Now, a coalition of political parties signed up with BJP to form the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA), headed by A. B. Vajpayee. The NDA won a majority of seats in parliament. However, the govt survived only 13 several months until mid-1999 when [[All Indian Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) under [[J. Jayalalitha]] withdrew its assistance to the government. With the NDA no longer having a majority, the Parliament was again dissolved and new elections were organised. Vajpayee remained the Prime Minister until elections were organised.<ref name=":0" />

Advani assumed the office of [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] and was later elevated to the position of Deputy Prime Minister.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Advani appointed deputy prime minister|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Advani-appointed-deputy-prime-minister/articleshow/14487268.cms|date=29 June 2002|website=The Times of India|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> As Union Minister, Advani had a tough time with India facing a string of internal disturbances in the form of rebel attacks allegedly supported by [[Pakistan]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} The NDA government lasted for its full term of five years till 2004, the first non-Congress government to do so.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1dZC9ITxgwC|title=Wondering Man, Money & Go(l)d|publisher=Wondering Man|isbn=978-1-84693-016-4|pages=24|language=en}}</ref>