New Delhi: Speak less or do not speak at
all, is the mantra BJP president Nitin Gadkari has given to
partymen in a bid to make it a party with a difference and not
one of differences.
Gadkari said he would enforce discipline in the party
along with mutual trust and would soon come out with detailed
plans for the organisation and a political strategy to expand
its base as also broaden the NDA.
"Kam bolna, nahi bolna (speaking less, not speaking). This
is the exact medicine my party needs. It will take care of 90
per cent of our problems," Gadkari said in an interview.
52-year old Gadkari, who took over as party chief recently
after its second successive defeat in Lok Sabha polls, said he
would interact sparingly with the media and would give the
same advice to other BJP leaders.
His suggestion was that partymen should even avoid
speaking "off the record" to the press.
Gadkari's 'medicine' for the party, which is passing
through a bad patch since it lost power at the Centre in
2004, has come at a time when it is plagued by infighting
since the Lok Sabha poll debacle.
Several senior leaders had leaked letters written to the
party central leadership and had taken pot-shots at their
colleagues through the media on the pretext of accountability.
A management graduate, Gadkari said his being new to Delhi
was an "asset" and he would methodically go about the task of
increasing the party's vote-share by 10 per cent in the Lok
Sabha polls.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 21:48