Congress: BJP has put veterans in old-age home

The BJP’s decision to drop L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi from its Parliamentary Board and make them part of the newly-formed ‘Margdarshak Mandal’ Tuesday evoked a sarcastic response from the Congress.

The party said the BJP has put its veterans in an old-age home and claimed it indicated centralisation of power in one hand.

Congress leader Rashid Alvi said, “It is a mookdarshak mandal (mute spectator board). It is like an old-age home from where Advani and Joshi will witness the functioning of BJP like mutes. We were all aware that they are being sidelined”.