Advani quits all party posts, throws BJP into crisis

Furious BJP patriarch Lal Krishna Advani threw his party into crisis on Monday by quitting key posts in an apparent protest against the promotion of rival Narendra Modi to head the 2014 campaign. The 85-year-old leader's move left colleagues scrambling to find a compromise and is bound to underline perceptions of the party as a house divided that will struggle to oust even a UPA government weakened by corruption scandals and its inability to control rising prices.

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