The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) newly appointed president Nitin Gadkari is fast realising that he might be party chief, but he may not have the final say in all matters. Gadkari had indicated soon after taking over the reins last month that the party could think of taking some former BJP leaders like Uma Bharati, Govindacharya and Kalyan Singh back into the party.
But the move was nipped in the bud and one of the reasons given was it did not find favour with the party’s ideological patron, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which handpicked Gadkari for the top job. So the buzz in the BJP corridors is that Gadkari had his first taste of party politics and ever since has become overcautious in terms of making any policy statement.
