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Jethmalani, who technically continues to be a member of the BJP as he has only resigned from the party National Executive, reportedly wrote in his letter to Gadkari that it is "morally and intellectually inappropriate to serve BJP as long as you are president".
The letter was leaked to the media before it reached Gadkari and other senior leaders.
Reacting to the issue, BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said, "I have not seen the letter and do not know about its contents. But BJP is perhaps the largest party in terms of number of members and if every member takes such a letter to the media it would cause much damage to the party. This is not in the interest of the party."
He said it would have been better if Jethmalani had seen to it that the letter was delivered only to Gadkari.
Rudy defended Gadkari, saying he has already submitted himself to an inquiry. However, Rudy added a caveat that the probe against the BJP president is being conducted by the Congress government which is "hostile" and would "not be pleased" to give him a clean chit.
Asked if Jethmalani had taken this step to build pressure on Gadkari to quit, Rudy said, "There is no question of any pressure." He maintained that the allegations against Gadkari have already been debated inside the party.
Media bias against BJP and their inlcination to twist words comes through clearyly here. Gadkari clearly says that Swami Vivekananda and Dawood having the same IQ, one did wonders for the society and other caused immense harm to the society. There is nothing against the Swami. Reference to Jethmalani Junior, what he has done is against Party Discipline. BJP member are not supposed to go to Press directly.
By supporting Nitin Gadkari the BJP is digging its own grave. In fact the Party should have washed its hands off Gadkari when he was embroiled in the Purti (mis)affair. The Congress' reputation is plummetting because of its misdoings but BJP is going down because of its ambivalence.
B.J.P. National President Mr Nitin Gadkari today slipped his tong creating an error among the masses on the issue of the Swami Vivekananda. It is clear that Mr Nitin Gadkari had not quoted any remarks delibrately against Mr Vivekananda .As the Political Leaders of various Political Parties are trying to create an error on the issue on which one's tong has slipped .
Even though I support BJP for anti corruption crusade against UPA, comparing Swami Vivekananda with others is a cruel joke by Nitin Gadgariji whose name is already exposed in scam deals.It is better if he is removed from BJP post and he works like a common man.
