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Advani admits disputes in BJP

Former BJP President and Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani is greeted by party workers as he arrives to address a convention of party workers in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI photo

New Delhi, January 21
In a candid admission senior BJP leader L.K. Advani today acknowledged that organisational disputes did exist in the party and regretted that they came out in the open.

He told a party workers’ meeting here that restraint was required against bringing organisational feuds into public view.

“We are like a family. If there is some quarrel in a family and outsiders come to know about it, then that family wonders how it happened. But what about us?” he asked.

Mr Advani’s comments echoed BJP chief Rajnath Singh’s remarks to the party national executive in Lucknow last month that those not authorised to speak to the media should restrain themselves from doing so.

“Our quarrels come out in the open,” the former Deputy Prime Minister remarked as he cautioned ticket aspirants for Delhi municipal elections not to speak against the organisation if their candidacies are rejected. — PTI