Rebel BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha said on Tuesday that he didn’t get a ministerial berth in the Modi government because of showing allegiance to the Advani camp.
Speaking at a conclave held by a news channel in Bihar on Tuesday, Sinha slammed the ruling party’s top leadership for sidelining its senior party leader.
“LK Advani is my guru, friend, philosopher and guide. My loyalty is more towards the people of the country than the party,” he said, adding that “although I had won with a record margin in 2014 general election, I wasn’t given a ministerial berth. However, a TV actress was made HRD Minister in the Modi government.”
“Even if I had been made a minister, it wouldn’t have made any difference. Nobody knows any minister these days,” he remarked.
Sinha further stated that PM Narendra Modi did not allow him to give a feedback on key policy issues but instead he was asked to meet the party president, Amit Shah.
Though he kept the suspense alive on his future political moves, he said: “Let the party expel me, I will not leave the party on my own.”
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Here’re some interesting excerpts from his address:
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