New Delhi: With the UP Assembly polls approaching near, BJP is leaving no stone unturned to avoid division of the saffron votes. The party is ready to mend relations with former BJP leader Uma Bharti to ensure support from her Bharatiya Janshakti Party.
Senior BJP leader L K Advani was quoted as saying while referring to Uma’s Bharatiya Janshakti Party that “those who had been part of the saffron fold should come in support of Hindutva.”
"It is up to the party chief and the part to decide. But I would like to say that all those people who had been with us should come in support of Hindutva," Advani was quoted by PTI as saying while reacting to VHP's ‘reported’ statements that there should be no split in Hindu votes because of the row between Bharti and the BJP.
Bharti, who had been expelled from the BJP for her outbursts against the party leadership, launched the Bharatiya Janshakti that she says espouses the core Sangh ideology.
BJP insiders admit she has been able to make inroads into their party vote-block in Uttrakhand and could cause potential damage in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region.
Advani also referred to the Ayodhya issue, calling the construction of a Ram temple on the disputed site a "national desire".
He insisted talks between leaders of the two communities was the best way to "honour the nation's desire".
With inputs from PTI
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