Denied meeting with PM, Yashwant Sinha says he’ll express views in public now

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said that since he could not get an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he has now decided that he will not meet anyone in the government and instead express his views in the public.

Referring to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BJP veteran LK Advani, Mr Sinha said “today’s BJP is not like the one in the days of Atalji and Advaniji.” He said that in those days, even a “small-time worker could go to Delhi and meet party president Advani without appointment, who has targeted the government on many occasions recently”.

“Now even senior and important leaders don’t get appointment with the party president. So, I was not surprised when I did not get appointment for 13 months,” he said.  “I sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi 13 months ago to discuss various issues, but I haven’t got it so far. Since I haven’t got time, I have decided now I will not meet anyone in the government. Whatever I have to say, I will say openly in public,” Sinha said.

Referring to a photograph of BJP president Amit Shah offering a laddoo to the prime minister, Mr Sinha said, “In that photo, Rajnath Singh, Ananth Kumar, Sushma Swaraj and others are visible. But Advani is not seen even at the back. Now he has become an ‘aam’ (ordinary) worker from ‘khaas’ (important one).”