BJP national executive to be stormy as Shourie writes letter

New Delhi, Jun 19: The stage was today set for a stormy BJP national executive meeting here tomorrow with senior leader Arun Shourie joining others in demanding an open discussion on the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle that has turned the party into a badly divided house.
A meeting of the office bearers to finalise the agenda for the national executive this evening witnessed high drama as senior leader Jaswant Singh tried to circulate Shourie's letter but was stopped from doing so by his other senior party colleagues.

Shourie, in his letter to party chief Rajnath Singh, is believed to have asked why the party was shying away from an open assessment of the electoral debacle and demanded transparency in the functioning of the party.

Shourie is believed to have raised questions about accountability in the party and the decision-making structure and expressed the view that "conspirators" have taken over the party.

He also wanted circulation of letters written by Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh in the wake of the election defeat for discussion by members of the national executive.

Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha had earlier written letters to Rajnath Singh demanding an open discussion on the party's poll defeat. Sinha had even resigned from all party posts. PTI