Why Advani's resignation crisis for you? Omar to BJP

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the resignation of BJP patriarch L K Advani, whose opinion was ignored in BJP, should not be a crisis for it.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the resignation of BJP patriarch LK Advani, whose opinion was ignored in BJP, should not be a crisis for it.

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"If his opinion didn't matter to you yesterday, why is his resignation a crisis for you today?" Omar tweeted, after Advani announced his resignation from key party fora.

The 85-year-old founder member of BJP on Monday sent his resignation to party President Rajnath Singh, a day after the elevation of his one-time protege Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as election campaign committee chief at the National Executive meet held in Goa.