By IANS,
New Delhi: In an apparent disapproval by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s style of working, an article in the organisation’s mouthpiece has indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has several prime ministerial candidates.
It also disapproved of Modi’s reported insistence on resignation of Sanjay Joshi from the BJP’s national executive last week.
The article, which figures in the latest issue of Panchjanaya, said it was being felt that Modi needed to do a rethink about organisational capabilities.
“It seems Narendra Modi needs to review his style of working and organisational ability,” it said.
The article assumes significance because its author Devendra Swaroop is a former editor of Panchjanaya and has access to views of the RSS insiders.
“The role of Narendra Modi in the Sanjay Joshi episode at BJP’s national executive meeting in Mumbai is worth considering…why despite having faith in the Sangh, Modi could not control his unhappiness towards a fellow RSS functionary is a mystery. He made Joshi’s presence a prestige issue and allowed the media to attack the BJP and the Sangh,” the article said.
It also attacked Modi over media reports about Joshi changing his travel plans and boarding a plane instead of going by train after the Mumbai meeting as the train would have touched places in Gujarat.
“It allowed opponents of the BJP to speak against Modi,” it said.
Modi apparently insisted that he would attend the conclave only if his bete noire Joshi resigned from the party’s national executive and the party bowed to his demand.
In a dig at Modi’s prime ministerial ambitions, it said that the BJP had several chief ministers and central leaders who were capable of being its prime ministerial candidates. But it said that the decision should be taken by the the parliamentary party after the party won the Lok Sabha election.
The article in the RSS mouthpiece slamming Modi’s action at the BJP executive close to veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani launching an attack on party president Nitin Gadkari, saying “the mood within the party is not upbeat”.
Advani said in his blog that people were angry with the Congress-led government but they were upset with the BJP too.