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BJP ideologue goes missing : The Times of India
The Uttar Pradesh government is learnt to have launched a search for BJP ideologue KN Govindacharya whose whereabouts are not known
The Uttar Pradesh government is learnt to have launched a search for BJP ideologue KN Govindacharya whose whereabouts are not known
Varanasi MP Madan Prakash Jaiswal, with whom he stays when in the Capital, said he had asked the Varanasi police to look for him in the city. He was last seen on board a Delhi-Varanasi flight some time back.
Those close to him say his swadeshi, anti-WTO views have forced him to write to party president Jana Krishnamurthy that he would not attend the BJP national executive in Amritsar later this month, and that he wants to take a four-month maunvrat to focus on his study of the impact of liberalisation on the economy. But his rivals have an entirely different story on why he is taking maunvrat. They say Union youth and sports minister Uma Bharati - with whom he was romantically linked in the past - received a damaging letter from Ranchi about his involvement with some woman there.
They say, he was upset so much that he decided to write to Krishnamurthy, seeking his permission to stay away from the party affairs for a few months. A story hinting that the reasons for his brief political sanyas are personal, not political has appeared in a section of the Hindi press. This has been denied by Uma Bharati. However, a close associate of Govindacahrya says he is in good health and safe, but that he will stay away for the next fortnight or so.
BJP sources admit he has been isolated in his battle for Swadeshi. He had expressed his views recently at Swadeshi Jagran Manch meeting in Shimla, where a decision was taken for a Parliament Gherao on July 25. His associates say he feels isolated in the BJP on the Swadeshi question. Interestingly, the recent RSS meeting in Kanpur was the first that he has not attended in years. Former BJP president Kushabhau Thakre and general secretary Narendra Mody were nominated as the party's representatives and Govindacharya was left out. Neverthless, Govindacharya remains a thorn in the flesh for the BJP as he still enjoys wide support among party workers, especially among those who feel there is a big gap between the party's stated ideology and government policy.
Those close to him say his swadeshi, anti-WTO views have forced him to write to party president Jana Krishnamurthy that he would not attend the BJP national executive in Amritsar later this month, and that he wants to take a four-month maunvrat to focus on his study of the impact of liberalisation on the economy. But his rivals have an entirely different story on why he is taking maunvrat. They say Union youth and sports minister Uma Bharati - with whom he was romantically linked in the past - received a damaging letter from Ranchi about his involvement with some woman there.
They say, he was upset so much that he decided to write to Krishnamurthy, seeking his permission to stay away from the party affairs for a few months. A story hinting that the reasons for his brief political sanyas are personal, not political has appeared in a section of the Hindi press. This has been denied by Uma Bharati. However, a close associate of Govindacahrya says he is in good health and safe, but that he will stay away for the next fortnight or so.
BJP sources admit he has been isolated in his battle for Swadeshi. He had expressed his views recently at Swadeshi Jagran Manch meeting in Shimla, where a decision was taken for a Parliament Gherao on July 25. His associates say he feels isolated in the BJP on the Swadeshi question. Interestingly, the recent RSS meeting in Kanpur was the first that he has not attended in years. Former BJP president Kushabhau Thakre and general secretary Narendra Mody were nominated as the party's representatives and Govindacharya was left out. Neverthless, Govindacharya remains a thorn in the flesh for the BJP as he still enjoys wide support among party workers, especially among those who feel there is a big gap between the party's stated ideology and government policy.