“Since there is no proposal that action should be taken against Jaswant Singh there is no question of taking any action. To understand his words as accusations against some party leaders is wrong. Media is wrong in saying that action will be taken,” he said.
He said Singh had raised some issues and the party would consider them. However, party seniors feel that internal matters should not be discussed in the media or in public, Rudy said.
To a question that the issue had further damaged BJP’s reputation, Rudy said, “The party leadership is looking into the matter.”
Rudy’s comments came shortly after BJP chief Rajnath Singh, under pressure to take disciplinary action against Jaswant Singh, went to discuss the issue with senior party leader LK Advani.
Speculation about action against Singh arose after a meeting between party President Rajnath Singh and Leader of the Opposition L K Advani today.
According to reports, calls from within the party have increased to take disciplinary action against Jaswant Singh and Arun Shourie and drop them from the party’s parliamentary board.
In the core committee meeting at Advani’s house on Wednesday, Singh had questioned the way the party was being run and the nomination of Arun Jaitley as Leader of the Opposition and some other appointments. There should be a relationship between performance and reward, he is believed to have said at the meeting.
Jaswant even wrote a letter to party chief Rajnath Singh over the issue, saying that those responsible for the defeat were being unduly rewarded, hinting at Arun Jaitley’s elevation as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
Meanwhile, it is also being reported that the top rung leaders of the BJP have demanded an inquiry into how Jaswant Singh’s letter was leaked to the media.
The two leaders reportedly expressed their resentment at a BJP core group meeting in Delhi on Wednesday.
After the stunning poll debacle of BJP, cracks have appeared in the saffron brigade and several top rung leaders have made known their views.
Post defeat BJP the party with a difference is in the grip of infighting with fingers being pointed at campaign managers, senior leaders and the RSS.
Jaswant and Shourie were irked with this public sharing of views on the party’s debacle. The duo pointed out lapses in the poll campaign which led to massive defeats in Rajasthan and Uttarakhand apart from other states. They also felt that the party was not being run on desirable lines.
