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Exquiiste logic by Venkiah Naidu.
There is no crisis in BJP;only divergent views between Advani,Rajnath Singh,Arun Shourie;one man proposes ,many disagree, the decision is called unanimous;Advani did not say any thing about Jaswant’s expulsion, but did say he need not be sacked;Advani has his views but he agreed to others views;there is no crisis in BJP;we discuss many issues;Advani is not depressed;he is very much acitve;ho does not talk,because he has nothing to say;he may quit;may not; BJP shall have no problem in finding a successor,we will decide in party meet;Vasundara has been asked to resign;not resigned;she may or may not;party may ask her again,again may not;Arun Shourie should not have spoken/written;but no issues.;Advani’s image is in tact;it suffered because of some news.
Can anybody tie himself in knots better than this?
Venky,Keep it up,Delhi is yours.
You are in competition with Karunanidhi in expressing your views, which even God can not unravel!

Story:
Is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or its leadership in crisis? That’s the key issue Karan Thapar explored with the former president of the party and a man that many believe could be the future president as well – Venkaiah Naidu.

Karan Thapar: Mr Naidu, let’s start with LK Advani. He has been unaccustomedly quiet and withdrawn since the elections, he is hardly seen or heard these days, is he depressed?

M Venkaiah Naidu: Who said it? He is very much active. He will be there in Maharashtra for the election campaign. He is guiding us on every matter. Should he go on speaking without any need unless there is a reason?

Karan Thapar: Is LK Advani going through a personal political crisis?

M Venkaiah Naidu: Not at all. Where is the crisis? He is the man who is responsible for building the party and guiding the party upto this level. Winning and losing happens in elections. Do you mean to say that once you lose elections, there is a crisis?

Karan Thapar: Many believe that LK Advani is constantly caught up in controversies one after another. For instance, do you believe as he now claims that at the parliamentary board meeting on August 19 in Shimla, he was against the decision to expel Jaswant Singh?

M Venkaiah Naidu: My point is do we need these issues to be discussed time and again? People have other important works also. That has been clarified by himself.

Karan Thapar: When you say he ‘clarified it,’ I am quoting what he said, “These reports are correct that I was not in an agreement with the decision to expel Jaswant Singh.”

M Venkaiah Naidu: My point is why are you trying to rake up another controversy. It’s a known fact that in a democratic party everybody has the right to express their views. Views were expressed and a unanimous decision was taken. We heard his view, which he has said.

Karan Thapar: Then it wasn’t a unanimous decision?

M Venkaiah Naidu: Why?

Karan Thapar:Because he was opposed to the decision to expel Jaswant Singh.

M Venkaiah Naidu: You mean to say that one man purposes and everybody agrees is a unanimous decision? In the BJP, we discuss issues, we listen to various views and finally we come to a conclusion, we call it the unanimous decision. There was no dissenting voice in the Shimla meeting.

Karan Thapar: Do you confirm that LK Advani expressed an opinion stating that expelling Jaswant Singh was not the right thing to do?

M Venkaiah Naidu: Yes.

Karan Thapar:Because the reason I ask you is this. Rajnath Singh went on record after the expulsion to say that it was unanimous decision and there was no dissent. Rajnath had gone further and said that no one had spoken against it. You are now clarifying that Mr Advani had expressed an opinion against it?

M Venkaiah Naidu: Expelling a colleague who had been in the party for over 25-35 years is a painful thing but there is no other way and the party colleagues have discussed it and then Advaniji heard everybody and finally it was a unanimous decision.

Karan Thapar: But Advaniji’s first position was against the expulsion?

M Venkaiah Naidu: My point is let us not go back to each and every issue which are not relevant today. Yes, I say that initially his views were different. He had said whether there was a need for expulsion and were there no other alternatives. This sort of discussion took place. Members felt that Jaswant Singhji’s book contained many objectionable references. The view in the meeting was that in no way we could keep quiet on this book and we had to take action. And everybody agreed, Advaniji also agreed.

Karan Thapar: Was Mr Advani persuaded to change his mind or did he simply agree to go ahead with the consensus of everyone else?

M Venkaiah Naidu: Advaniji is a democratic person. He may have his own views but once the colleagues discuss and he understands the mood of the people and the general consensus, he goes by it. That day also the same thing happened.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-naidu-on-advani-bjp-crisis/103069-37-single.html