” After finance minister Arun Jaitley paid a visit to Dr Joshi on Thursday evening, Mr Yashwant Sinha also met the veteran leader on Friday. As rumblings in the BJP continue after its defeat in Bihar, senior leader Yashwant Sinha Friday met veteran leaders L. Ishant Sharma, who missed the first Test with a suspension, is expected to lead the attack in the second Test. That has been the practice. He insisted the party’s central leadership was discussing with the veterans the issues raised by them. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi. Venkaiah Naidu felt the veterans could have raised their views at a party forum rather than going public. Sources said the RSS could also ask the BJP’s former general secretary (organisation) Sanjay Joshi to talk to the dissident faction, including Dr Joshi and Mr Sinha. We also lost some Assembly elections,” said Mr Naidu, adding: “Winning and losing happens, we never held any individual or group of individuals responsible for those defeats. I was the president, Atalji was the leader.K.”Mr Naidu praised PM Modi, saying he had been instrumental in lifting the pride of the nation among the people of India and the world. and discuss the shortcomings that led to the defeat in Bihar..Mr Gadkari said the party elders, including Mr Advani and Dr Joshi, “are our highly respected leaders and neither I nor any other party functionary has ever shown any disrespect to them, and there is absolutely no question of anyone suggesting calling for an explanation from them, and not the least demanding disciplinary action against them”. The parliamentary board has already decided to take up with all those concerned.
We will discuss with all concerned.. Former Union home secretary and BJP MP R. Our leaders have met.” Welcoming the party’s efforts to reach out to them, Mr Shanta Kumar said: “The party’s response is good, positive. Home minister Rajnath Singh is also in favour of holding talks with the veteran leaders over the issue. Another Union minister, Nitin Gadkari, who had earlier suggested stringent action against leaders who had made “unwarranted controversial statements”, on Friday denied he had suggested disciplinary action against party veterans.Asserting that the BJP would take note of the views and concerns of party veterans, Mr Naidu said in Bengaluru: “Some of our senior leaders have raised certain issues. In 2009 also, we lost to UPA-2 when Advaniji was the leader. Actor-politician Manoj Tewari, MP from North-East Delhi, who was one of the top BJP campaigners, also criticised the party’s campaign and lauded the JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance’s strategy as “undoubtedly better”. It would have been better if these issues were raised in a party forum rather than in public, but we will still take note of these views and concerns. Arun Jaitley met Advani and Joshiji. Mr Sinha, who also met Mr Advani separately, said: “I have nothing else to say except that I met Joshiji and Advaniji..”The BJP lost the 2004 parliamentary elections. The trio, along with another senior leader, Shanta Kumar, had attacked the top BJP leadership over the party’s performance in the Bihar polls, and demanded accountability be fixed for the drubbing. Defending BJP president Amit Shah, the minister said he had played an important role in drawing up party strategy and organising the campaign. Singh, who had earlier attacked the party over the Bihar defeat, on Friday endorsed the party elders’ view that accountability must be fixed and a through review is needed on why the party had lost. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.Union minister Threaded Rod Astm Suppliers M. —Shashidhar B.Speculation is rife in party circles that if the ongoing crisis deepens, the BJP top brass will be forced to approach the RSS leadership to intervene, particularly to pacify Mr Advani.As rumblings in the BJP continue after its defeat in Bihar, senior leader Yashwant Sinha Friday met veteran leaders L. He said the BJP had failed to convince people to vote for party candidates.K.K. The RSS, meanwhile, is keeping a close watch on developments in the BJP. I am satisfied. A dialogue has begun and it should continue..” After the Bihar debacle, several BJP leaders vented their anger against the party’s top brass and faulted their campaign for raking up controversial issues and using “undignified” language
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