Rajnath Singh is "Humpty Dumpty", RSS should takeover BJP: Shourie

Monday, August 24, 2009, 20:12 [IST]

New Delhi, Aug.24 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Shourie on Monday asked the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) to takeover BJP's control and described the party's President Rajnath Singh as an "Humpty Dumpty".

"You want to be the Humpty Dumpty and also want everyone to believe what you write," said Shourie during the Walk the Talk an interview-based programme of NDTV.

He further said: "Rajnath Singh is Alice in Blunderland."

Making observation of the present state of affairs in the BJP, Shourie said: "BJP Ek Kati Patang ki tarah hain (BJP is like a kite without its string attached),"

"The RSS should take BJP's control in its hands and BJP's all top leaders should be removed," Shourie suggested.

Shourie wants action be taken against him, NDTV quoted Rajiv Pratap Rudy as saying later on. (ANI)

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