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Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Monday said party’s new chief Nitin Gadkari was the choice of the organisation and asserted that RSS did not interfere with its day-to-day affairs.
“Gadkari was the choice of BJP and Sangh merely put its stamp of approval on the decision,” she told reporters here. The leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha strongly denied that Sangh influences BJP in its day-to-day working saying that her party worked on its own.
“We,however,get guidance and valuable advice from the Sangh from time to time,” she said.
Replying to a question,Swaraj said that the biggest challenge before BJP today was to emerge as a better and more viable alternative to ruling Congress.
She said that adverse news reports that had been associated with the BJP were no longer there and expressed confidence that party’s new leadership was working well towards its goals.
When asked how could Gadkari,who failed to get BJP in power in Maharashtra Assembly elections,do well at the national level,Swaraj said that such things do not count in politics.
“It is not necessary that Gadkari should fail at the national level also just because he did not perform well in Maharashtra,” she said.
