B. Raman writes as if Advani is a complete fool and let himself be cajoled into making the statment. Its a ridiculus way of thinking on Mr Raman's part. Will a person of Mr Advani's stature let himself be flattered and then let himself into making a statement like that? Whatever he did, it was knowing fully well the consequences. Lets give him his due respect even if we don't like what he said rather than thniking that he's become naive enough to be coaxed into saying or doing something by others.
