Modi, Amit Shah will not let BJP mend ways: Sinha
PUNE: Former finance minister and ex-bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha said despite electoral defeats in three states including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, the BJP is unlikely to change the way the party functions given that there are two persons, party chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi controlling the power.
Sinha while speaking at the J S Karandikar memorial lecture at Patrakar Sangh on Wednesday, said, “While the BJP has many leaders, there are only two including party chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who enjoy all the powers in the party.” “I feel any change in the party’s approach or functioning is unlikely even after the defeat in recent polls because it is headed by two people Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah,” said Sinha.
“The outcome in state elections is an indication that people’s faith in the Bharatiya Janata Party is receding,” Sinha further added while talking at the lecture. Sinha also rejected the possibility of change in the leadership in BJP saying other leaders are “scared” to challenge the “two” leaders who hold all the powers in the party.
On being asked about Urjit Patel’s resignation as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Sinha, said, “It would have been good if he had resigned when the government started the process to consult section 7 of RBI Act, which would have empowered the government to issue directions to RBI.”
Sinha while criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that generally the Prime Minister of the country is “first among equals” in the parliament but the current situation is that he is the “boss”.
Praising Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his statement after the recent state election results were out on Tuesday, Sinha said, “The Gandhi scion made a responsible statement and after the results, now BJP leaders will think twice to call him pappu.”