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Dissent grows in BJP over Rajya Sabha nomination
Wednesday March 21, 2012 05:29:10 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Amid
speculation that Anshuman Mishra may not contest for the Rajya
Sabha, dissent continued Wednesday in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
for failing to nominate senior leader S.S. Ahluwalia.
A day after the divide within the party came out in the open after
Yashwant Sinha alleging the seat was "sold out", dissent has grown
as the vocal deputy leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha is set to
retire.
Several BJP leaders including Sushma Swaraj, Murli Manohar Joshi
and Balbir Punj are upset. Anshuman Mishra is an NRI businessman
seeking to be elected to the upper house from Jharkhand.
Ahluwalia, a Rajay Sabha member from Jharkhand, will retire April
2.
He gave an emotionally charged farewell speech in the house
Wednesday morning.
"When I came to this house, I thought I will convert laws by the
power of debate. But when I came here I realised it is not logic
but numbers that count," Ahluwalia said, tracing his two decade
long association with the house.
Mishra meanwhile hinted that he would withdraw his nomination if
BJP leaders told him to.
"I am actively considering withdrawing but I won't take a decision
based on what Yashwant Sinha has to say. If senior leaders, Arun
Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj or others ask me to step down, I will be
more than happy," Mishra told NDTV.
Mishra is reportedly a choice of party president Nitin Gadkari.
According to party sources, some BJP leaders are considering
asking Jharkhand legislators not to vote for Mishra.
Several BJP leaders are also unhappy over the nomination of Ajay
Sancheti, also a Gadkari confidant, on the seat vacated by Bal
Apte in Maharashtra.
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