1983-2011 Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 New Delhi: Despite fierce opposition from LK Advani, the senior most leader of the BJP, the party's ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has said that current president Nitin Gadkari must get an unprecedented second term. Sources say the RSS has made it clear to Mr Advani that it will not support any other candidate for president. Mr Advani had proposed Sushma Swaraj, currently Leader of the Opposition, for the post. Sources say he had requested the RSS to consider Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as another option. The RSS did not budge. Like in 2009, the RSS has ignored other BJP stalwarts to back Mr Gadkari. The nominations papers will be filed on January 23. In recent months, Mr Gadkari has been tainted with allegations of graft, which have dented his party's campaign against the ruling Congress as the country heads to the general election next year. Leaders like Mr Advani have been pitching the BJP as a corruption-free option to the Congress, on whose watch major financial scams ranging from telecom to the allocation of valuable coal fields have been constructed and executed. But Mr Gadkari is being investigated for allegedly building a vast business empire with assistance from ghost investor firms, many of who shared the same address and directors. Some leaders like Yashwant Sinha had, in fact, said Mr Gadkari should step down during his current tenure as president after allegations of corruption surfaced last year. Sources tell NDTV that Rajnath Singh's name had been suggested as an alternative to Mr Gadkari's, but that was not accepted by Mr Advani. Mr Singh is a former president of the BJP and was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh between October 2000 and March 2002. He represents Ghaziabad in the current Lok Sabha. Mr Gadkari is not a member of Parliament though he has suggested he may contest the election next year from his home turf of Nagpur. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rss-firm-on-nitin-gadkari-advani-s-proposal-to-make-sushma-swaraj-bjp-president-not-accepted-sources-319831 so its RSS who decides who will be BJP's president and Advani doesn't get to have a say in it:giggle:
Trichromatic Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Rajnath Singh could be next BJP president. - Zee news.
yoda Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rss-firm-on-nitin-gadkari-advani-s-proposal-to-make-sushma-swaraj-bjp-president-not-accepted-sources-319831 so its RSS who decides who will be BJP's president and Advani doesn't get to have a say in it:giggle: And RSS doesn't get it's way. Sad for you. :giggle:
Sachin=GOD Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Gadkari's resignation is good news but Rajnath Singh as BJP Prez is very, very bad news because he is much more corrupt than Gadkari, is extremely shrewd, won't do any good for the party and will be detrimental to BJP's chances in 2014.
Khalpat Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Gadkari's resignation is good news but Rajnath Singh as BJP Prez is very' date=' very bad news because he is much more corrupt than Gadkari, is extremely shrewd, won't do any good for the party and will be detrimental to BJP's chances in 2014.[/quote'] Rajnath is corrupt, not sure about that. I only remember that in last 25 years there was only a time of 6 months of good governance in UP and that was when Rajnath was made stop gap Chief Minister.
seedhi Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Gadkari's resignation is good news but Rajnath Singh as BJP Prez is very' date=' very bad news because he is much more corrupt than Gadkari, is extremely shrewd, won't do any good for the party and will be detrimental to BJP's chances in 2014.[/quote']Rajnath is not known to be corrupt, I think. But he is not very media savvy. Still, he is better than Gadkari which would have exposed BJP to all sorts of ridicule.
Sachin=GOD Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Rajnath is corrupt' date=' not sure about that. I only remember that in last 25 years there was only a time of 6 months of good governance in UP and that was when Rajnath was made stop gap Chief Minister.[/quote'] He is corrupt but as I said, he is extremely shrewd so he has managed to hide it very well so not many people know about it. He may not be media savvy like Arun Jaitley, Salman Khurshid etc but he has got a LOT of supporters in the media and thats why, despite not doing anything in the last 2-3 years, he has managed to remain in the news.
Khalpat Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 He is corrupt but as I said' date= he is extremely shrewd so he has managed to hide it very well so not many people know about it. He may not be media savvy like Arun Jaitley, Salman Khurshid etc but he has got a LOT of supporters in the media and thats why, despite not doing anything in the last 2-3 years, he has managed to remain in the news. And you know about it, the shrewd person was able to hide it from everyone including Kejriwal but was not able to hide it from you :winky:.
1983-2011 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 so BJP has replaced gadkari with rajnath:cantstop: btw rajnath was BJP's president from 05-09 and BJP could not dethrone congress, what will he do now after 3 years:hysterical:
Clarke Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 so BJP has replaced gadkari with rajnath:cantstop: btw rajnath was BJP's president from 05-09 and BJP could not dethrone congress, what will he do now after 3 years:hysterical: Who should they appoint in your esteemed opinion :hmmm:
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