New Delhi:
Top BJP leader LK Advani, party president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader Venkaiak Naidu met late Sunday evening to discuss how to end the dissent by another senior party leader Gopinath Munde.
Sources say a compromise formula was discussed to placate Munde, according to which the BJP is likely to give Munde his say in the party affairs in Maharashtra.
Munde, a prominent OBC leader from Maharashtra, is said to be upset since his supporter Yogesh Gogawale was sidelined for the post of Pune BJP president and Gadkari loyalist Vikas Mathkari was appointed instead.
The party is keen to end Munde's unrest as this dissent is a personal embarrassment to party chief Gadkari who was asked by the RSS to end infighting.
Gadkari, who also hails from Maharashtra and with whom Munde is said to have strong differences, may meet the disgruntled leader in a bid to sort out the issues raised by the latter.
Munde was once a powerful name in Maharashtra BJP, thanks to his late brother-in-law Pramod Mahajan.
Though he belongs to a backward community which accounts for a little less than 10 per cent votes, his crisis is that among the BJP's opponents, there are no takers for him. The Congress is playing the wait and watch game, realising that Munde can weaken the BJP in the crucial state.
Sources say a compromise formula was discussed to placate Munde, according to which the BJP is likely to give Munde his say in the party affairs in Maharashtra.
Munde, a prominent OBC leader from Maharashtra, is said to be upset since his supporter Yogesh Gogawale was sidelined for the post of Pune BJP president and Gadkari loyalist Vikas Mathkari was appointed instead.
The party is keen to end Munde's unrest as this dissent is a personal embarrassment to party chief Gadkari who was asked by the RSS to end infighting.
Gadkari, who also hails from Maharashtra and with whom Munde is said to have strong differences, may meet the disgruntled leader in a bid to sort out the issues raised by the latter.
Munde was once a powerful name in Maharashtra BJP, thanks to his late brother-in-law Pramod Mahajan.
Though he belongs to a backward community which accounts for a little less than 10 per cent votes, his crisis is that among the BJP's opponents, there are no takers for him. The Congress is playing the wait and watch game, realising that Munde can weaken the BJP in the crucial state.
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