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- NDTV Correspondent
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 (New Delhi):
A day before embarking on his Bharat Suraksha Yatra, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday expressed concern over the corruption and factionalism in the party.
In an exclusive interview to NDTV, he acknowledged that the BJP needs to urgently to set its own house in order.
"The general phrase used is 'Congressisation' of the BJP. Infighting, factionalism, corruption... all these things... they do hurt," said Advani when asked if he was worried about BJP.
Reacting to Advani's remarks, Congress Spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan asked the senior BJP leader to set his own house in order before launching into a rathyatra campaign against the government.
To a question whether he wanted to be the Prime Minister, the former deputy prime minister said, "I don't see anything wrong in
wanting to be... liking to be (Prime Minister)."
When pressed further, he said, "I would not say that I would not want to be."
"That's for the party and everyone to decide... very often these matters are not decided even by the parties... these happen themselves," he remarked.
Political degeneration
Advani also regretted what he called gradual political degeneration in the country after 1947.
"Let me say that prior to 1947, when we got freedom, gradually things started degenerating and gradually it came to a point that politics did not remain what it is in other democracies," Advani said.
He, however, said he did not feel out of place in what he perceives as a changed political environment. (With PTI inputs)
- NDTV Correspondent
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 (New Delhi):
A day before embarking on his Bharat Suraksha Yatra, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday expressed concern over the corruption and factionalism in the party.
In an exclusive interview to NDTV, he acknowledged that the BJP needs to urgently to set its own house in order.
"The general phrase used is 'Congressisation' of the BJP. Infighting, factionalism, corruption... all these things... they do hurt," said Advani when asked if he was worried about BJP.
Reacting to Advani's remarks, Congress Spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan asked the senior BJP leader to set his own house in order before launching into a rathyatra campaign against the government.
To a question whether he wanted to be the Prime Minister, the former deputy prime minister said, "I don't see anything wrong in
wanting to be... liking to be (Prime Minister)."
When pressed further, he said, "I would not say that I would not want to be."
"That's for the party and everyone to decide... very often these matters are not decided even by the parties... these happen themselves," he remarked.
Political degeneration
Advani also regretted what he called gradual political degeneration in the country after 1947.
"Let me say that prior to 1947, when we got freedom, gradually things started degenerating and gradually it came to a point that politics did not remain what it is in other democracies," Advani said.
He, however, said he did not feel out of place in what he perceives as a changed political environment. (With PTI inputs)