NEW DELHI, Aug. 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday while acknowledging Union minister Amit Shah as the country's longest serving home minister, said this was just "the beginning" for him, setting off speculation in the Bharatiya Janata Party that the endorsement was not just appreciation but an indication of a bigger role for the 60-year-old lawmaker from Gujarat. Addressing MPs at the NDA parliamentary party meeting, Modi referred to Shah and said he had surpassed the tenure of LK Advani who was previously the longest-serving home minister. "Yeh to abhi shuruwat hai.abhi aur aage jaana hai (this is just the beginning.he has a long way to go)," a person privy to the meeting quoted the PM as saying. While Advani served as home minister from March 1998 to May 2004, becoming the minister to hold the position for the longest continuous period, Shah has surpassed his tenure. "With 2,258 days in office, he has now surpassed Lal Krishna Advani's tenure of 2,256 days as Home Minister. Before them, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India's first Home Minister, served for 1,218 days. Union Home Minister Amit Shah's tenure has been marked by bold, historic decisions - from the abrogation of Article 370 to a firm crackdown on terrorism," the BJP said in a post on 'X'. A senior BJP leader, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the PM's statement suggests a clarity in party hierarchy....