New Delhi: The meeting by the BJP old guard lasted for over an hour at Dr Murli Manohar Joshi’s residence. Both L.K Advani and Dr Joshi are members of the party’s Margdarshak Mandal. Earlier, on the eve of Diwali, the old guard had targeted the party leadership over the Bihar poll defeat, accusing it of emasculating the party.
The veterans are apparently not happy with the manner in which Kirit Azad was suspended, and feel the Opposition has been given more ammunition to attack the ruling party over its fight against corruption.
Mr Azad also said he was planning to submit a reply to the party and claimed that senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy would him to draft the reply. He also vowed to continue his crusade against corruption and recited Atal Behari Vajpayee’s famous poem Haar Nahi Manunga, Raar Nayi Thanunga...
In series of tweets, Dr Swamy also questioned the party’s decision to suspend Mr Azad and asked whether cricket fell within the purview of “party discipline”. Reiterating that he would help Mr Kirti Azad to draft his reply to the party, Dr Subramanian Swamy tweeted: “Kirti issues are 1 — Is cricket affair within the purview of party discipline. 2 — Due to Supreme Court case on BCCI, is party decision amenable in court.”
