New Delhi:
The outgoing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has said his main regret was that Advani did not become the Prime Minister.
In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Rajnath said he was leaving the party in good shape. He dismissed speculations of a rift between him and Arun Jaitley saying "there is no camps in the party."
Commenting on the party's affairs Rajnath Singh said, "Atalji and Advaniji have been two of the most able leaders of our party. Atalji is a little unhealthy as of now, but as soon as he recovers he will perform his role. As far as Advaniji is concerned he is still active in politics and will be in the future."
Talking about Lok Sabha results he said, "Yes, we totally regret this as the results of the Lok Sabha elections were not as per our expectations. We had projected Advaniji as our Prime Ministerial candidate. Had we attained a good strength in the Lok Sabha, Advaniji would have definitely been the Prime Minister.
Commenting on the party's functioning the outgoing BJP chief said, "I want to clarify this that the line of command rests only in the hands of the party president, which is Nitin Gadkari. It's true that if the authority of the party president is challenged there is bound to be a crisis but this has not happened in the BJP and I am confident that this won't happen with Nitin Gadkari either.