BJP refuses to comment on Sinha's criticism.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , July 26 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata party (bär`ətēə jän`ətə) [Hindi,=Indian People's party] (BJP), Indian political party that espouses Hindu nationalism. on Sunday declined to comment on former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha's recent criticism of the party's defeat in the recent elections. Party spokesperson Muktar Abbas Naqvi, refused to react to Sinha's comments at a Sunday press The Sunday Press was a weekend tabloid newspaper printed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from 1973 until 1989. It was Melbourne's second Sunday newspaper, the first being the Melbourne observer. conference. Sinha, who resigned from the post of party vice president after its poll debacle had expressed dissatisfaction with the party leadership for not seriously analysing the reasons for its defeat. During the meeting of the National Executive Committee of the party in June, party President Rajnath Singh Rajnath Singh (born July 10 1951 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) is the current leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India. He was previously president of the BJP youth wing and the BJP's unit in his home state of Uttar Pradesh. warned members against expressing their views in public. Sinha alleged in an interview that the BJP's defeat was explained within the party in a casual and lighthearted manner. He thought that there would be a lot of activity and serious introspection during the national executive, but nothing of that kind happened, and this disappointed him, Sinha said. Even during the meeting of newly elected Members of Parliament in the month of May there was no serious discussion about the debacle, Sinha alleged. Sinha also distanced himself from the view of that the emergence of a bipolar polity in the country was the reason for the party's defeat. This was advocated by L.K. Advani and Arun Jaitley Arun Jaitley (born December 28, 1952), or Jaitly, is an Indian politician and has served as a minister for commerce, industry, law and justice of the Union Government of India. He was born in New Delhi. He did his schooling at St. . E also expressed his dissatisfaction over the party's decision to not allow him to initiate the debate on the recent budget. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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