145;Something amiss, if trouble breaks out from within146;

Emphasising the importance of a free exchange of views, he said, 8216;8216;If people are not able to express their inner feelings in the atmosphere we create, then we should realise there is something lacking.8217;8217;

Alluding to continuous Left victories in West Bengal, he said the party should see why it could not do the same even though 8216;8216;we have more dedicated workers and have a wider base8217;8217;. Running a government, he maintained, was a difficult job and managing a coalition even more so. Even a small trouble gives rise to suspicion.

As if prompted by this remark, party general secretary Arun Jaitley announced later that co-ordination committees of the states ruled by the BJP alone or in alliance with other parties would meet in Delhi. Jaitley said the provision for the committees existed in the party constitution and the idea behind the meetings in Delhi was only to give an effective push to this mechanism.