The Hindu : BJP's image damaged due to `some associates', says Advani

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Aug 25, 2003

Front Page

Front Page

BJP's image damaged due to `some associates', says Advani

New Delhi Aug. 24. The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, has said the BJP's image had been damaged to some extent because of ``some associates'' of the party.

In a 50-minute programme produced by journalist, Mark Tully, for the current affairs slot of BBC's Channel Four, Mr. Advani said the image of the BJP was ``based upon certain associates of ours with whom we do not agree and who perhaps are today therefore more critical of (Atal Behari) Vajpayee and me than anyone else.'' Asked whether they were damaging the image of the party, he said ``May be, to some extent.''

For the programme ``Hindu Nation'', Mr. Tully has travelled to various parts of the country and highlighted the growing role of organisations such as the RSS, the VHP and the Bajrang Dal in inculcating the ``Hindutva'' mantra among youths.

To a question if the BJP had come to power because of a reaction against secularism, Mr. Advani said, ``No, it is on a wave of reaction against pseudo-secularism and not against secularism.''

PTI

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Front Page

News Update

Stories in this Section

Vajpayee to chair Inter-State Council meet in Srinagar

BJP fears Mayawati may seek dissolution of House

Pak. prisoners cannot be used as levers for bargaining: A-G

BJP's image damaged due to `some associates', says Advani

Sea Harrier crashes

Khusroo dead

BJP okays Apang's merger proposal

ONGC staff call off stir

CBI grills U.P. officials

India loses to Pak.

Paes 'out of danger'

Station master blamed for Ghatnandur accident