Angered over denial of Lok Sabha ticket from Barmer, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Sunday announced to contest election from the same constituency, stating that he is not a piece of furniture whom the party will adjust anywhere.
However, it is still not clear whether Singh would contest independently or not as some reports are doing the rounds that he is likely to quit the BJP.
The upset BJP leader, who currently represents Darjeeling in Lok Sabha, today said that behaviour of many BJP leaders nowadays, is full of conceit and scornful.
Singh’s recent comment on the BJP seem to be a response to senior leader Arun Jaitley’s statement a day before wherein the latter had said that the party will find an alternate way of using veteran leader.
While expressing his disappointment over party’s decision to give Barmer constituency ticket to veteran Congress leader and former DGP of Rajasthan Colonel Sona Ram Choudhary, Singh lashed out against the party’s leadership saying there was need to differentiate between “real” and “fake” BJP.
“One which is real and the other is unreal or better put original and duplicate. Unfortunately the duplicate part has the reins of party now, ” Singh said.
Furthermore, supporters of Singh on Saturday went on a rampage and vandalised the party office in Jaisalmer, reports said.
On the other hand, Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh, who is an MLA from Barmer, is likely to skip a meeting called by Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje today.