Jeet hamari hogi: LK Advani votes as commoner, not candidate

Without taking much time, the 91-year-old walked straight to the polling booth, cast his vote and left without giving any statement or talking to the media that was waiting for his arrival.

Maintaining his silence, he only said “jeet hamari hogi (victory will be ours)”, while leaving the booth.

Until this time, when he was not given a ticket, Advani had won the Gandhinagar seat six times in a row. However, this election, BJP chief Amit Shah is contesting his maiden Lok Sabha election from Gandhinagar.

Advani’s blog early this month was much talked about as he broke his silence and spoke about the state of democracy, urging the party to “look back, look ahead and look within”. It also said that the party never regarded its critics as “enemies” or “anti-nationals” earlier.