Indiscipline won8217;t be tolerated 8212; Laxman

Top party leaders including Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had asked partymen at party8217;s National Council meeting at Nagpur where Lakshman assumed the office, not to ventilate their grievances in public and quot;learn to behave as members of the ruling party.quot;

To a question on the confrontation between BJP and the Sangh Parivar, the new party president said, quot;They RSS have their own point of view and I don8217;t think there is much of a confrontation between us and I don8217;t foresee any such thing.quot;

Asked about the Vishwa Hindu Parishad8217;s demand for dismissal of the Farooq Abdullah Government in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of increasing militancy in the state, Laxman said that VHP was a separate organisation.

quot;It has a right to express its own views and they want the Centre to dismiss the Abdullah Government. But we are not for it,quot; the BJP president asserted.

On the Swadeshi Jagran Manch8217;s criticism of Government8217;s economic policies, Lakshman said the Manch may have its own views but quot;I am bound by the economic resolution passed by the party8217;s National Council in Nagpur.quot;

On signing of CTBT, he said the Government would go by consensus and there was no pressure to sign it and felt that the treaty in its present form was quot;discriminatory and therefore India is opposed to it.quot;

To a question that while the party was emphasising on the need for encouraging women8217;s involvement in party affairs, then why it was discriminating against the women leaders like Sushma Swaraj and Uma Bharati, he said quot;nobody has been sidelined and whoever is ready to work, we would give them responsibility.quot;

Asked whether he would give a call to leaders like Kalyan Singh and Shankersinh Vaghela to return to the partyfold, he said quot;I don8217;t want to give any call on my own, but it is for them to decide.quot;

To a question whether the party supported the demand of its ally, Trinamool Congress, for imposition of President8217;s rule in West Bengal, he said quot;we have not taken a view on that.

However, he said, the party would intensify its agitation in the state against the misrule of the Left Front Government there.