As the BJP discusses succession plan, RSS tries to bring warring factions to negotiating table; Bhagwat conclude his Delhi visit
As the BJP discusses succession plan, RSS tries to bring warring factions to negotiating table; Bhagwat conclude his Delhi visit
Though all rumours that the Sangh is going to take over the strife-torn Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been scotched, yet the saffron party's ideological father is working hard to restore peace among warring factions.
Traffic between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters at Keshav Kunj and BJP central office at Pandit Pant Marg remained heavy on Sunday too.
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Talking head: BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar coming out of party headquarters in New Delhi; a deserted BJP officeu00a0pics/Imtiyaz Khan |
Talks are on every menu besides whatever the leaders of the two parties are gobbling up at breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings.
Party sources told MiD DAY that the BJP is yet to come up with a succession plan while the RSS wants to ensure that the transition should be smooth.
They also claimed that some senior leaders who are well connected to the media are projecting their names.
On Sunday morning, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat drove to LK Advani's house for breakfast. The veterinary doctor had drunk his morning tea with Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday. Bhagwat, it seems was trying to strike a balance as Joshi is the only leader in the party who had raised the rebellion against Advani. Bhagwat was accompanied with senior Sangh functionaries Suresh Soni and Madan Das Devi.
"Bhagwat is trying to send out a message that for him there is no difference between rivals and he wants everybody to stay together. Like treating Advani-Joshi equally (he visited the residences of both the leaders), he also met BJP leader from Uttarakhand Bhagat Singh Koshiyari while his rival and former chief minister BC Khanduri, who was removed after the Lok Sabha debacle, had met the RSS chief on Saturday," said a senior BJP leader, requesting anonymity.
But Monday will bring about a change in the hectic parley schedules as the RSS chief has left for Hardwar "on conclusion of his Delhi visit."
