Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Lal Krishna Advani not only deeply influenced the politics of his time but was key to putting it on a course which has marked an unstoppable decline of its once dominant 'secular' ideology, derided by him as "pseudo secular", and political parties representing it while the BJP soared. India News | Bharat Ratna to Advani Acknowledgment of Key Role He Played in Country's Politics, BJP's Rise.