CM Saini Wishes BJP Veteran Advani on Birthday
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Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini marked the birthday of Bharat Ratna and former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani on Sunday, November 8, 2026, with a heartfelt tribute on X, calling the veteran BJP leader an enduring source of inspiration for all in public life.
In his post in Hindi, Saini wrote: 'Rashtra ke prati atoot nishtha aur samarpan ke saath saarvajanik jeevan mein apni vishisht pahchaan banaane waale...' — greeting Advani as a senior BJP leader who carved a distinguished identity in public life through 'unbreakable loyalty and dedication to the nation.' He prayed to Lord Shri Ram for Advani's good health and long life.
A career that shaped modern BJP
Lal Krishna Advani is among the most consequential figures in India's post-Independence political history. His decades of work — first in the Jana Sangh and then as a founding architect of the Bharatiya Janata Party — built the organisational backbone that the party stands on today. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of India under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and held the Home Ministry portfolio, among other senior roles.
In 2024, the Government of India conferred upon him the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour — a formal acknowledgement of his towering contribution to Indian politics and governance.
Why BJP leaders speak on Advani's birthday
Tributes like Saini's are a recurring feature of BJP political culture on Advani's birthday — a moment when the party reaffirms its ideological lineage and institutional memory. For a state leader like Saini, invoking Advani's legacy of placing 'national interest above all' also carries a pointed message: that the values of the party's founding generation remain alive in its current leadership.
Saini's closing line — that Advani's 'affection and blessings continue to be received by all of us always' — frames the veteran as a living link between the BJP's formative years and its present, a rare kind of continuity that party leaderships rarely miss an opportunity to celebrate.
India's grand old architect of a political movement turns another year older — and the party he helped build is making sure no one forgets it.