An overdose of LK Advani
Am thoroughly fed up of seeing ads with L.K Advani’s name / face on almost every third or fourth site I seem to visit… especially Indian sites running Google ads… some promoting peace, some his website and others pitching him as the next PM…. Why must these oldies itch for stardom even at this age ?
If his party wanted to project him as a tech savvy guy, they’ve certainly gone overboard. On some sites, especially ones which have only Google ads, it is terrible to see identically coloured and designed ads on the entire page, the only difference being the size of the ad.
Given my opinion of Indian politicians and politics in general, the last thing I want is for that ad to be displayed on this blog. Seems to have reduced, though, else I’ll have to play around with Adsense settings and block the damn thing altogether !
Wonder how much the BJP have earmarked for his ad campaign…
Update - January 26, 2009: The saffron brigade seems to have launched an all out online assault on Republic Day.. tons of ads everywhere… and even an email in my Hotmail inbox last evening, which reads,
| From: | lkadvani.office@list.lkadvani.in |
| Sent: | 25 January 2009 16:18PM |
| To: | a****@hotmail.com |
Dear Friend, You may be aware that BJP-NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate, Shri L.K. Advani, has launched India's largest political portal. We would like to invite you to view Advaniji's website: http://www.lkadvani.in/ Regards, LK Advani Communications office www.lkadvani.in
The transition to Obamadvani / Advobama is nearing completion….




January 13th, 2009
What problem is there if Shri Advaniji’s ad appears on a website?
People of this country, especially net savvy youth must realise they should vote for him if they want a strong leader. He is right person to lead India in the fight against Pakistan !!
January 13th, 2009
This is nonsense ! BJP is a failed party and only mouthpiece of RSS, same people handed over terrorist Masood Azhar in Kandhar and now they will fight against pakistan? Rahul Gandhi is ideal person to be PM. He is young and future of India.
January 14th, 2009
You are both wrong ! Indian businessmen think Narendra Modi is right man to be PM.
January 16th, 2009
Here’s a TOI article on Brand Advani…
January 17th, 2009
Even I saw this ad overdose on several sites. He’s even on Twitter now. Everyone wants to do an Obama now.
Wonder if they’re doing selective advertising on niche sites too…. which might be interesting and gives me an idea for a future comic
I’ll reference this post.
January 17th, 2009
Hey thanks, Saad.. Look fwd to seeing that comic !
January 17th, 2009
Surely the obama affect.These ads are the free sops if you are a netizen
Seriously,I do appreciate that they are in sync
-Sri
January 29th, 2009
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February 27th, 2009
Anyone can block the LK advani ad on his/her blog or website by using the Adsense competitive filter . Add the domain lkadvani.in in the list.
February 27th, 2009
@uv.kid, yup that has indeed been done on this blog.. maybe others haven’t done it due to sheer laziness…
March 11th, 2009
I too feel the campaigning has gone out of limits…..
Just posted at my Blog… http://lozil.blogspot.com/2009/03/do-we-need-81-year-old-pm.html After he becomes PM he will start recovering money spent on advertisement rather than developing India…
March 17th, 2009
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April 18th, 2009
sick of L k advani s ads everywhere…..this is 2 much an over dose…which seems 2 me end up losing votes for BJP not gaining…