Mr Advani seems to have pulled it off. At least for now. While he seemed firmabout not withdrawing his resignation till late Tuesday night, his briefappearance in the morning on Wednesday for TV cameras appeared to have left thedoor ajar. "The resignation still stands," he said, "because thesituation which made me tender it have not changed as yet" (vopraisthitiyaaN abhii badlii nahii haiN).