L. K. Advani: Difference between revisions

'''Lal Krishna Advani''' ({{Respell|lahl}} {{Respell|KRRISH|NUH}} {{Respell|ud|vah|nee}}; born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the [[Deputy Prime Minister of India|7th Deputy Prime Minister of India]] from 2002 to 2004 under [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]. Advani is one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He is a longtime member of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]], a [[Hindutva|volunteer]] organisation. He also served as [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]] in the BJP-led [[National Democratic Alliance]] government from 1998 to 2004. He was the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[10th Lok Sabha]] and [[14th Lok Sabha]].<ref name="LSMB">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=9|publisher=Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi|access-date=27 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69a8Ajp22?url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=9|archive-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> He was the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance's]] Prime Ministerial candidate in the [[1989 Indian general election|1989]], [[1991 Indian general election|1991]], and [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general elections]], failing to win a majority on all three occasions.