New Delhi: In twists and turns marking top-level rumblings in BJP, L K Advani on Thursday decided to contest from Gandhinagar in Gujarat although the party had given in to his pressure and allowed him the choice of the constituency in the Lok Sabha elections.

The 86-year-old leader made the announcement shortly after party president Rajnath Singh issued a statement saying that it was for Advani to choose whether to contest from Gandhinagar or Bhopal, seeking to end a 24-hour drama that exposed the simmering tensions between him and Narendra Modi.