Amit Shah meets disgruntled BJP veterans Advani and Joshi
New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): BJP president Amit Shah today met party veterans L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who have not been given tickets this time.
Media reports said Shah met Joshi and Advani separately today. Both the BJP founding members are reportedly extremely unhappy with the way the party decided not to field them this time.
Joshi is 85 and Advani, 91.
The meeting, NDTV said, was aimed at bringing the veterans back on board when the Opposition parties have been attacking the BJP leadership for the way their have treated the senior leaders.
The party had let Advani know last month that Amir Shah would contest from Gandhinagar this time. Advani had won the seat for six consecutive terms. Joshi had sent out a message to his Kanpur constituency that he would not contest from Kanpur or anywhere else this time.
In a blog last week, Advani reminded the BJP that the party had never considered its critics as "anti-nationals". The Opposition took advantage of it and attacked the BJP.
Reports have also suggested that the Opposition parties were reaching out to the veterans and asking Joshi to contest against Narendra Modi in Varanasi. Joshi had given up the seat in 2014 for Modi and shifted to Kanpur.
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