06-10-2006, 01:24 AM
Need for introspection by BJP: Vajpayee
June 09, 2006 17:23 IST
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said there is a need for the Bharatiya Janata Party to introspect in the light of alleged drug abuse by Rahul Mahajan, the son of slain party leader Pramod Mahajan.
"Mistakes can be made by people and by the party. It will take time to rectify them," Vajpayee said in Gwalior on Thursday night.
Regarding the Rahul Mahajan incident, Vajpayee had earlier said 'such mistakes happen in young age. Chances of such mistakes are possible when you fall in bad company and that is what happened to Rahul'.
Claiming that this statement was interpreted out of context, Vajpayee said he was speaking about Rahul making a 'mistake', from a human perspective.
"The law will take its own course. Those who have made mistakes will have to pay for it," he said.
Stressing the importance of discipline within the party, Vajpayee said, "Indiscipline will not be tolerated in the BJP. People have been removed from the party for it and this practice will be followed."
Without naming former party leader Uma Bharti, he ruled out chances of return by those asked to leave the party due to indiscipline
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Subject: Vajpayee, introspection and all that !!
Vajpayee should always remain grateful that he was made the PM of India, albeit through a lot of political wranglings, propaganda, arm-twisting etc.That was a freak accident,really, for this country. Pompous talk, especially in Lucknow Hindi, did carry him for a while, but his shallowness soon surfaced. Shallowness in various fields - his deep-set communalism (ref.Godhra),his greed for power(ref.favouring Chandrababu Naidu of TDP at the cost of the entire nation),and so many othr such things. Now, he is talking of "mistakes" of Rahul Mahajan.Can a one-time PM call every crime/offence as per the Indian Penal Code and other laws a simple
"mistake"? It is he who needs a solid, down to earth introspection, repentance and reformation.<span style='color:red'> In case evidence turns out tomorrow showing that drugs were a part of the grey areas of Pramod Mahajan`s life, will Vajpayee call that, too, a "mistake"? This country now knows the truth about the moral high grounds taken by BJP all these years and thanks to Rahul Mahajan that the gargantuan bluff is called so convincingly.
Posted by ramgopal krishna on 09-JUN-06</span>
June 09, 2006 17:23 IST
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said there is a need for the Bharatiya Janata Party to introspect in the light of alleged drug abuse by Rahul Mahajan, the son of slain party leader Pramod Mahajan.
"Mistakes can be made by people and by the party. It will take time to rectify them," Vajpayee said in Gwalior on Thursday night.
Regarding the Rahul Mahajan incident, Vajpayee had earlier said 'such mistakes happen in young age. Chances of such mistakes are possible when you fall in bad company and that is what happened to Rahul'.
Claiming that this statement was interpreted out of context, Vajpayee said he was speaking about Rahul making a 'mistake', from a human perspective.
"The law will take its own course. Those who have made mistakes will have to pay for it," he said.
Stressing the importance of discipline within the party, Vajpayee said, "Indiscipline will not be tolerated in the BJP. People have been removed from the party for it and this practice will be followed."
Without naming former party leader Uma Bharti, he ruled out chances of return by those asked to leave the party due to indiscipline
COMMENTS FROM READERS
Subject: Vajpayee, introspection and all that !!
Vajpayee should always remain grateful that he was made the PM of India, albeit through a lot of political wranglings, propaganda, arm-twisting etc.That was a freak accident,really, for this country. Pompous talk, especially in Lucknow Hindi, did carry him for a while, but his shallowness soon surfaced. Shallowness in various fields - his deep-set communalism (ref.Godhra),his greed for power(ref.favouring Chandrababu Naidu of TDP at the cost of the entire nation),and so many othr such things. Now, he is talking of "mistakes" of Rahul Mahajan.Can a one-time PM call every crime/offence as per the Indian Penal Code and other laws a simple
"mistake"? It is he who needs a solid, down to earth introspection, repentance and reformation.<span style='color:red'> In case evidence turns out tomorrow showing that drugs were a part of the grey areas of Pramod Mahajan`s life, will Vajpayee call that, too, a "mistake"? This country now knows the truth about the moral high grounds taken by BJP all these years and thanks to Rahul Mahajan that the gargantuan bluff is called so convincingly.
Posted by ramgopal krishna on 09-JUN-06</span>