Raised eyebrows as Jaswant calls on Advani

He later contested from Barmer as an independent candidate but was defeated by the BJP nominee.

While Advani’s office sought to suggest that Singh’s meeting was a courtesy call to the BJP veteran, party leaders took notice but refrained from making much out of it.

Singh was also expelled from the BJP in 2009 but was re-inducted at the insistence of Advani in 2010. Singh had, after his expulsion, asserted that he would not join the BJP.