Agencies
New Delhi, June 12:A day after he quit all key leadership posts and hit out at his colleagues, veteran LK Advani yesterday made peace with the party after the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) intervened to end the BJP's worst ever crisis. The announcement was made at Advani's residence by BJP president Rajnath Singh and other party leaders but the former deputy prime minister did not meet the media.
The apparent climbdown by Advani reportedly came after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, persuaded him to reverse his decision to quit the national executive, the parliamentary board and the election committee. " Today after noon, Mohan Bhagwat spoke to Advaniji and asked him to continue in the (party posts in) national interest," Rajnath Singh said. "Advaniji has decided to accept Bhagwatji's advise." Rajnath Singh's statement was a tacit admission that the BJP, which Advani helped found in 1980 along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had failed to win him over after he resigned from the party posts for ignoring his concerns and naming Narendra Modi as the head of the election campaign committee. |
