There are clear instructions from the BJP’s central organization that no state leader should leave the party.
New Delhi/ Bhopal: Central and Madhya Pradesh units of the Bharatiya Janata Party are making all efforts to pacify former minister and senior party leader Deepak Joshi, so that he may not quit the party.
There are clear instructions from the BJP’s central organization that no state leader should leave the party.
The resignation of the senior party leader from Chhattisgarh Nand Kumar Sai and former chief minister of Karnataka Jagdish Shettar has already rattled the party.
So, they do not want party leaders to defect to the Congress a few months before the assembly election.
Ergo, the senior leaders of the BJP are sparing no effort to quell the anger of Joshi. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has already spoken to Joshi, son of former chief minister Kailash Joshi.
Joshi said at Dewas on Tuesday that he would take a decision on May 6 after discussing his problems with the BJP organisation.
After Joshi’s announcement to quit the BJP, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other leaders of the party talked to him.
He was also told to come to Bhopal and talk to the party leaders. The party leaders assured Joshi that they would take his demands into consideration.
Nevertheless, after holding a discussion with the party leaders, Joshi switched off his mobile phone.
After senior BJP leader Nandkumar Sai defected to the Congress on Monday, Joshi’s indication to quit the party caused concern among its leaders who plunged into action to mollify him.
About speculations among the Congressmen over Joshi quitting the BJP, Home Minister Narottam Mishra said Joshi was with the party.
Kailash Joshi, the father of Deepak Joshi, was a saint in politics, Mishra said.
Everyone in the BJP is with Deepak Joshi, a senior member of the party, Mishra said.
