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This is an archive article published on July 13, 2002
Advani to grace new team meet
The BJP doesn8217;t even put up a facade of remote control, for, unlike ally Shiv Sena, it believes in direct control. Quite appropriately,...
The BJP doesn8217;t even put up a facade of remote control, for, unlike ally Shiv Sena, it believes in direct control. Quite appropriately, therefore, when new BJP chief M. Venkaiah Naidu holds his first meeting with new office-bearers at the party headquarters tomorrow, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani will grace the occasion.
The Deputy PM would obviously be responding to a request from Naidu when he took over on July 1 that he visit the BJP headquarters at least once, if not twice, a week. Ever since Jana Krishnamurthy had assumed the party presidency in the aftermath of the Tehelka expose last year, Advani had rarely been seen at the party office.
Krishnamurthy, keen on demonstrating his independence, always wished to get out of the long shadow of Advani, but in vain. Now with his chosen disciple in the president8217;s chair, it8217;s time he re-asserted his writ over the party.
The churning within the organisation continued to throw up changes. It wasn8217;t a day of surprises, though. M.L. Khurana was named Delhi BJP chief as expected. Of the many changes that Naidu has promised to usher in, Khurana has been assigned one 8212; leading the party to victory in the Assembly polls in the Capital next year. 8216;8216;Delhi is on his finger-tips,8217;8217; Naidu said.
Khurana was lucky not to encounter any spoke in the wheels this time 8212; rival Sahib Singh Verma having been silenced with a berth in the Cabinet. Uma Bharati, the promised star for Madhya Pradesh, was not as lucky.
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