Take victory with humility, Dy PM to Modi

Advani said BJP's thumping victory in Gujarat assembly polls should be taken with humility without any display of arrogance.

Counselling restraint, Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani on Monday said BJP's thumping victory in Gujarat Assembly polls should be taken with humility without any display of arrogance.

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Advani also categorically stated that it was now the responsibility of the new Government not only to wipe out terrorism, the plank on which it won the elections, but also provide good governance to the people of the state.

The deputy premier was speaking to reporters after inaugurating a painting exhibition by renowned Gujarati artist Mohsin Shaikh on the December 13 terrorist strike on Parliament.

Recalling that all opposition parties had resorted to the slogan of Indira Hatao (remove Indira Gandhi) and the late Prime Minister had countered it with Garibi Hatao (remove poverty), Advani said, "while the greatest crisis before the nation is terrorism, the opposition in the recent polls had the one point agenda of Modi Hatao (remove Narendra Modi)."

"The people of Gujarat have given their spontaneous response. Now it is our responsibility to wipe out terrorism. This kind of victory should be treated with Vinay (humility). There should be no display of Ahankar (arrogance). The emphasis should be on providing good governance," he said.

Complimenting Shaikh for his paintings based on Ramayana, Srimad Bhagwad and Mahabharata, he said had the terrorists succeeded in their mission, it would have been a greater catastrophe than the WTC attacks.