The PM India could never have

Its Telangana vs Andhra Pradesh, Copenhagen summit and India Sri Lanka series thats dominating the news these days. However the change of guard that has taken place in the BJP over the last two days has gone almost unnoticed.
Even an ardent follower of BJP like me came to know of the stepping down of Shri Advaniji as leader of Opposition, only through a small piece somewhere on the inner pages of the morning paper.
Its the end of an era as Advaniji makes way for the generation next leaders in BJP. Its the right time to pay tribute to this great gentleman who though he deserved to be the PM of India could never become, once because of his own humility and then for yet undiscovered reasons.
The man's journey started way back in the Partition days when he had to flee Karachi and come to India, despised with the Congress and its policies of minority appeasement he decided to follow the Sangh and later went on to found the BJP.
If people like Gandhi and Nehru are credited with making India a democracy, it is the duo of Advani and Vajpayee that deserves the credit for making our democracy a functional one in the true sense of the word. More so Advani as he single handedly galvanized the Indian masses and put forth the BJP as an alternative to Congress at every level of functioning of democratic organizations in the Indian setup. However the humility of the man was so high that he refused the PMship when the chance came, out of his respect for Vajpayee who was senior to him both in experience and age. People talk of Sonia Gandhi's sacrifice but she sacrificed something she knew she did not deserve as she was getting it because of her name, however Advaniji's sacrifice was that of a hard earned position for which he had striven for almost 50 years. Whether his sacrifice was right or wrong considering he never later got a chance to become the PM is only for the historians of the future to determine but we the current lot of the India electorate i feel have missed out on a great Prime Minister. Hopefully his legacy will continue in the BJP and in the national politics at large and we will see his prodigies come to power in future.
After 60 years of hard work in public life Advaniji certainly deserves this retirement. The examples of leadership and of smooth transition to new leadership that Advaniji has set will be remembered by one and all. More so because it teaches a lesson to the other dynasty dominated political parties that they need to move on from a dynasty based identity and allow real leaders from the masses to come forth. Such abstract contributions that Advaniji has done for the Indian political sphere are the real highpoint of his career more than anything else. With great respect and high regards for the former Deputy Prime Minister of India, i will just say this much as he himself would always say "Sangthan mein Shakti hai". (Dont know whats the right English translation, perhaps, "Organization is all Powerful")