Gandhinagar, Apr 8 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L K Advani filed his nomination papers from Gandhinagar constituency today.

Advani was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Advani will be seeking a fifth term from Gandhinagar after his victory from this constituency in 1991, 1998, 1999 and 2004.

His main rivals are Congress nominee Suresh Patel and noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, who is making her electoral debut as an independent.

Patel is Congress MLA from Kalol for the second time.

New Delhi  - Lal Krishna Advani, who fled to India from Pakistan as a refugee and emerged as the country's top Hindu nationalist leader, has brought about a marked transformation in India's political scene over the past two decades.

The 81-year-old leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, Advani has helmed the rise of the BJP largely on the basis of Hindu-Muslim tensions and a campaign to have a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu god Ram built on the site of a demolished mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya.

Gandhinagar, Apr 8 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L K Advani will file his nomination papers from Gandhinagar constituency today.

According to sources, Advani will be accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Advani will be seeking a fifth term from Gandhinagar after his victory from this constituency in 1991, 1998, 1999 and 2004.

New Delhi, Apr 6 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani downplayed the possibility of Janata Dal (United) parting ways with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after the general polls.

Advani reacted to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar''s comment in an interview with a news channel that his party had kept the options open and it was only after the elections that he would decide whom he would form an alliance with.

Mumbai, Apr 6: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani has promised that his government would give top priority to national security, if voted to power.

Addressing a joint rally with Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park in Central Mumbai last night, Advani said that identity cards would be mandatory for all citizens of the country in view of the continuous illegal immigration from Bangladesh.

Shirdi (Maharashtra), Apr 5 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Sunday visited Sai Baba temple at Shirdi in Maharashtra.

Advani offered prayers at the temple for the party’s victory in upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP leader said his party has always been a crusader for the overall development of the country.