NEW DELHI, April 8: Two more BJP MPs from Bihar today dissociated themselves from the campaign spearheaded by State party vice president Yashodanand Singh seeking that KN Govindacharya be stripped of the organisational responsibilities of Bihar.Madan Jaiswal (Bettiah) and Lal Muni Choubey (Buxar) joined the five other MPs from the State unit. All seven have accused Singh of securing their signatures entirely for a different purpose, and later appending it to a memorandum submitted to the central leaders seeking that Govindacharya be divested of the State's charge.The two MPs, in separate intimations to party president LK Advani, alleged that Singh procured their signatures over a draft statement that the new State president should be an elected one, not through consensus or nomination as the practice has been before. The post is going to fall vacant as Yashwant Sinha is likely to step down soon following his induction in the Union Cabinet.With this only four out of eleven alleged signatories stand bytheir demand against Govindacharya. They include Dhirendra Agrawal, Ritlal Prasad Varma, Karia Munda and Janardan Yadav. Varma and Munda are said to be aspirants for ministerial berths but had to forego their claim in favour of Yashwant Sinha and Babulal Marandi.In the meantime, Sinha is already in Patna to assess the opinion of State office bearers as well as the State executive regarding the choice of his successor. The initial feedback from the State weighs in favour of Nand Kishore Yadav who acted as State's election convener.In his letter to Advani, Choubey is understood to have explained that he fully recognised the organising ability of Govindacharya and that he had nothing to do with the campaign against him. Jaiswal shared similar views. Their clarification coincides with the start of the nomination process for party's national president who will replace Advani on May 1.Kushabhau Thakre, the likely successor, is said to be unhappy with Singh and some of his followers going publicly againstGovindacharya. There are also indications that Thakre might initiate some action against rebels after his ``unanimous election'' on April 14, the last date of nomination as no one else is likely to contest against him.
