LK Advani elected Opposition Leader

L K Advani was on Sunday elected as BJP's Parliamentary party leader and with its drubbing in the just-concluded elections fresh in his mind said the party was "deeply disappointed" at the outcome which belied its "expectations." In his address to the first meeting of the BJP parliamentary party, Advani said, "We have to find out why our performance was poor in states like Rajasthan, UP, Delhi, Haryana, Uttrakhand and Orissa". "We also have to find out why we won less than expected number of seats in states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra."

Advani said "naturally" BJP is "deeply disappointed" by the outcome of the elections. "I cannot deny that the expectations in our party as in our support base were much higher than what we have actually achieved. But we accept people's verdict with humility," he said. As Advani is the leader of the single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha, he will be the Leader of Opposition in the lower house.