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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Advani's interview transcript "malicious": Rajnath </b>
Pioneer.com
Agencies | New Delhi
The BJP, which faced some embarrassment over excerpts released by a TV channel of an interview with senior party leader LK Advani, today called the pre-telecast transcript of the programme as "reporting with malicious intent".

<b>The cadre based party has found a whole lot of difference between the context in which Advani had spoken and the pre-telecast transcript of the interview with the former Deputy Prime Minister.</b>

"The transcript was nothing but a case of reporting with malicious intent. It was made out to create a sensation about the programme before its telecast... May be for TRP reasons," BJP chief Rajnath Singh said as he emerged out of the parliamentary party meeting.

News reports based on the transcript left the party in an awkward situation for a day with <b>Advani quoted as saying that he would be the BJP's candidate for the Prime Minister's post but he did not expect party veteran AB Vajpayee to endorse his candidature.</b>

According to the excerpts released by the channel, Advani said his role in the party was that of a consultant now.
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