Poll bound states in BJP team soon
Speculation is rife that RSS loyalist and BJP general secretary (organisation) Ramlal could be replaced.
New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah is currently completing former party chief Rajnath Singh’s term, after he was inducted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet in the middle of 2014.
Speculation is rife that RSS loyalist and BJP general secretary (organisation) Ramlal could be replaced.
The names of V. Satish, Shivprakash and B.L. Santosh are doing the rounds as his replacement in the incoming BJP president’s team.
With key non-NDA-ruled states like West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh set to go to the polls soon, the new team may see larger representation from these states. But the RSS’s advice is that the new team should also send out a message that the leadership has taken a concerted step to strengthen the organisation and not
favouritism.
The RSS also feels that instead of Union ministers being asked to brief the media on various issues, unless it directly concerns their respective ministry, the BJP should have “heavyweight” and “proficient” leaders in the central party team.
It may be recalled that in a strongly-worded letter after the party’s Bihar election debacle, BJP veterans including L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Shanta Kumar and Yashwant Sinha had attacked the party leadership.