Bhopal: Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj
Monday said party's new chief Nitin Gadkari was the choice of
the organisation and asserted that RSS did not interfere with
its day-to-day affairs.
"Gadkari was the choice of BJP and Sangh merely put its
stamp of approval on the decision," she told reporters here.
The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha strongly denied
that Sangh influences BJP in its day-to-day working saying
that her party worked on its own.
"We, however, get guidance and valuable advice from the
Sangh from time to time," she said.
Replying to a question, Swaraj said that the biggest
challenge before BJP today was to emerge as a better and more
viable alternative to ruling Congress.
She said that adverse news reports that had been
associated with the BJP were no longer there and expressed
confidence that party's new leadership was working well
towards its goals.
When asked how could Gadkari, who failed to get BJP in
power in Maharashtra Assembly Elections, do well at the
national level, Swaraj said that such things do not count in
politics.
"It is not necessary that Gadkari should fail at the
national level also just because he did not perform well in
Maharashtra," she said.
PTI
First Published: Monday, December 28, 2009, 18:27