Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 569 Sun. January 01, 2006       International Advani steps down Outgoing President of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lal Krishna Advani(R) offers a sweet to his successor Rajnath Singh at a press conference in Mumbai yesterday. Leader of the opposition in the Indian parliament Lal Krishna Advani, who spearheaded the ascent of Hindu nationalism in Indian politics, quit as chief of the opposition -the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.. PHOTO: AFP