24 August 2009

Rajnath Singh is Humpty Dumpty, says Shourie: Rediff.com news

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party [ ] leader Arun Shourie on Monday asked the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) to take over the  BJP

's control and described the party's president Rajnath Singh as "Humpty Dumpty".

Walk the Talk

"You want to be the Humpty Dumpty and also want everyone to believe what you write. Rajnath Singh is Alice in Blunderland," said Shourie during the an interview-based programme of

Making observation of the present state of affairs in the BJP, Shourie said: "BJP Ek Kati Patang ki tarah hain (BJP is like a kite without its string attached),"

"The RSS should take BJP's control in its hands and BJP's all top leaders should be removed," Shourie suggested.

Shourie said there are some people in BJP who have been "planting stories for the last five years against each one of us, including (L K) Advani".

Arguing that he had not breached party discipline, Shourie said, "I acted in a disciplined way in party matters. Having raised the matters, I wrote to the party president

(Rajnath Singh). I wrote in that that I am not sending this copy to anybody. But they said this is indiscipline."