India’s opposition leader LK Advani has taken back an offer to resign as president of his BJP party. BJP spokesman Sushma Swaraj announced the decision after a crisis meeting of the party.
Mr Advani offered to step down after he described Pakistan’s founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah as “secular”, causing a furore in India.
Mr Jinnah is still widely blamed for the partition of India because of his drive for a Muslim homeland.
Ms Swaraj told journalists that the party viewed Mr Advani’s recent trip to Pakistan as a success and a major step in furthering the peace process between the two countries.
This article makes me wonder what all this means. Could it just be a publicity stunt by the BJP or by Advani. How could a person change his hardline stances, basically, overnight?