In an interview with CNN-IBN, Ram Jethmalani, the expelled BJP leader, said that he was always against party patriarch LK Advani’s attitude. He hoped that Advani would accept defeat gracefully. “I am very very very happy and even at this time I would like to appeal to Mr. Advani to acquiesce and support this decision,” Jethmalani, said. “I have always been critical of Advani’s conduct but I hope today he will make up for it by today by becoming generous and renounce his own personal ambition for the sake of the nation. " [caption id=“attachment_1107183” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Jethmalani backs Narendra Modi’s candidacy for prime minister. PTI[/caption] “My own view is that there is nobody comparable to Modi in the present situation. And Mr Sudhir Kulkarni is not the final authority,” he added.