Ranchi: Former BJP leader Prem Kataruka on Thursday lashed out at the saffron party for allegedly forgetting the ideals of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya by recruiting "corrupt" individuals in the party.
"BJP leaders never miss an occasion remembering Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya and preaching their ideals. "But now the party did not mind to induct Babu Singh Kushwaha who had been dropped by the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh on corruption charges," Prem Kataruka, who was a former Jharkhand?s BJP unit spokesman and secretary before quitting the party, said here.
Kataruka, who had quit the party following some rift with the party before the 2009 assembly elections, claimed "the people think BJP is a perfect alternative to the Congress, but recruiting such tainted leaders would erode its faith in the people." PTI