Shillong, Sept 15: BJP today denied that toppling of Mukut Mithi regime in Arunachal Pradesh was a "pre-meditated" step to install Gegong Apang government. "It was neither a pre-meditated plan nor a move to saffronise the entire north eastern region," party's national council member and former MP R K Khrimey told reporters here.
The BJP never forced any minister of the Mithi cabinet to quit the government and join Apang. "We did not force them. They took the decision on their own," Khrimey said.
He claimed that Mithi wanted to "merge" his party with the BJP earlier but it was "prevented" by Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
Bureau Report