Regret introducing Yashwant Sinha to LK Advani: Senior BJP leader Kailash Sarang
Sinha recently penned a hard-hitting opinion piece in a leading Indian daily, in which he criticised the Modi government's economic policies, and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in particular.
In Short
- BJP should consider action against Sinha if rants don't stop: Sarang
- Sarang wrote a scathing letter to Sinha
- The former FM said the Modi govt should initiate a time-bound dialogue on the J-K issue
Senior BJP leader Kailash Sarang has said he regrets introducing former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha to LK Advani and facilitating his entry into the BJP.
Sinha recently penned a hard-hitting opinion piece in a leading Indian daily, in which he criticised the Modi government's economic policies, and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in particular. On Monday, he asked the Modi government to identify all stockholders in the Jammu and Kashmir issue, and initiate a time-bound dialogue immediately.
"The BJP should seriously think of taking action against Sinha if his rants don't stop," Sarang told India Today, while explaining why he wrote a scathing letter to the former FM.
In the letter, he told Sinha: "Initially I thought that you wanted some public office but ever since you talked about talking to Pakistan on the Kashmir issue I realised you were echoing the sentiments of Pakistan..."
"I had to write this letter because I had some role in his getting into the BJP," Sarang told India Today.
"I'm older than him and we both were members of the Rajya Sabha at the same time. He had expressed his desire to join the BJP to me, following which I took him to Lal Krishna Advani. He not just became...(a)...member of the BJP but also...a minister, and look this is what he is giving in return to the party."
Sarang thinks Sinha should have voiced his opinion at party forums.
If "the Prime Minister did not give him time to meet, he should understand that he is a busy man," Sarang said,
"He could have written a letter like (the one) I'm writing."