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Description : The revolt within Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over re-election of Nitin Gadkari as the party president seems to be growing as a report claimed on Monday that party leader Mahesh Jethmalani has threatened to contest for the top post if the present chief is given the second term.
New Delhi: The revolt within Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over proposed re-election of Nitin Gadkari as the party president seems to be growing as a report claimed on Monday that party leader Mahesh Jethmalani has threatened to contest for the top post if the present chief is given the second term.
An english news channel today reported that Jethmalani is annoyed with Gadkari being re-elected as the party chief as he is facing summons from the Income Tax department in relation with tax evasion charges.
Mahesh’s move would certainly bring in more embarrassment for the present party chief Gadkari, who is set to be re-elected to the BJP chief post with strong backing from Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).
Interestingly, Mahesh’s father Ram Jethmalani recently was suspended from the BJP over his demand for Gadkari's resignation and barbs against both Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj.
A vocal critic of Gadkari, Ram Jethmalani got into trouble vis-a-vis the BJP after he questioned the attack on the government by Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj over the appointment of a new CBI director, Ranjit Sinha.
Meanwhile, senior leader LK Advani, who had reservations in Gadkari getting another term, has finally agreed to it as no consensus could be arrived at on any other candidate, party sources said on Sunday.
Till last week, there was an exercise between Advani's camp and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) to arrive at a consensus candidate.
Advani's reservation about Gadkari getting a second term was due to charges of dubious funding of Purti Group with which he was associated. Advani had earlier suggested the name of Ravi Shankar Prasad for the top post.
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj's name had also figured in the discussion, but she herself has not shown much keenness on occupying the post.
While Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's name was also doing the rounds, party leaders ruled out the possibility saying he does not figure in Advani's list of probables.
Modi himself is not interested in becoming party president though he could play a key role in the election management for BJP at the central level for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, they said.
RSS has been pitching for a second term for Gadkari with Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat himself backing him. It feels Gadkari, who took over soon after the BJP's second consecutive Lok Sabha poll defeat, should lead the party in the next elections.
The task he had undertaken three years back is still yet to be completed, it felt.
The BJP on Sunday issued a notification for its Presidential election. Nomination papers for the top post will be filed on January 23 from 10 AM to 11.30 AM and scrutiny will be held from 11.30 AM to 12 noon.
A date for election will be declared if required after the withdrawal of nomination between 12 to 12.30 pm, a BJP statement said.
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New Delhi: The revolt within Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over proposed re-election of Nitin Gadkari as the party president seems to be growing as a report claimed on Monday that party leader Mahesh Jethmalani has threatened to contest for the top post if the present chief is given the second term.
An english news channel today reported that Jethmalani is annoyed with Gadkari being re-elected as the party chief as he is facing summons from the Income Tax department in relation with tax evasion charges.
Mahesh’s move would certainly bring in more embarrassment for the present party chief Gadkari, who is set to be re-elected to the BJP chief post with strong backing from Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).
Interestingly, Mahesh’s father Ram Jethmalani recently was suspended from the BJP over his demand for Gadkari's resignation and barbs against both Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj.
A vocal critic of Gadkari, Ram Jethmalani got into trouble vis-a-vis the BJP after he questioned the attack on the government by Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj over the appointment of a new CBI director, Ranjit Sinha.
Meanwhile, senior leader LK Advani, who had reservations in Gadkari getting another term, has finally agreed to it as no consensus could be arrived at on any other candidate, party sources said on Sunday.
Advani's reservation about Gadkari getting a second term was due to charges of dubious funding of Purti Group with which he was associated. Advani had earlier suggested the name of Ravi Shankar Prasad for the top post.
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj's name had also figured in the discussion, but she herself has not shown much keenness on occupying the post.
While Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's name was also doing the rounds, party leaders ruled out the possibility saying he does not figure in Advani's list of probables.
Modi himself is not interested in becoming party president though he could play a key role in the election management for BJP at the central level for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, they said.
RSS has been pitching for a second term for Gadkari with Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat himself backing him. It feels Gadkari, who took over soon after the BJP's second consecutive Lok Sabha poll defeat, should lead the party in the next elections.
The task he had undertaken three years back is still yet to be completed, it felt.
The BJP on Sunday issued a notification for its Presidential election. Nomination papers for the top post will be filed on January 23 from 10 AM to 11.30 AM and scrutiny will be held from 11.30 AM to 12 noon.
A date for election will be declared if required after the withdrawal of nomination between 12 to 12.30 pm, a BJP statement said.
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