New Delhi, August 26: Senior BJP leader Arun Shourie may be spared the fate that befell Jaswant Singh, but is likely to face some action as the party is reported to be compiling all his recent statements.
BJP sources said the top brass had ordered a compilation of all utterances and writings of Shourie against the party in the recent past. “He will be confronted with these and a detailed clarification sought from Shourie in a couple of days,” a senior party leader said.
The party had yesterday asked Shourie for a clarification on his recent interview to a news channel where he had referred to the party leadership as “Humpty Dumpty” and “Tarzan”. He also suggested handing over the reins to a new leadership.
Shourie has put the BJP in a spot through his critical writings in newspapers and his statements in the press since the party suffered a drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls.
However, certain factors may prevent his expulsion from the party, sources said.
“He is close to the RSS and has even said that it should take over the BJP to revamp it. Moreover, he has not spoken anything against the BJP ideology or taken a contradictory stand on any issue as was done by Jaswant,” said an MP close to the high command.
—Agencies