New Delhi:
After senior leader Jaswant Singh's recent return to the BJP, the RSS would now like to witness the return of some other prodigals.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue, MG Vaidya, in an article in the daily Tarun Bharat, has said if Jaswant can be handed a political pardon, then expelled leaders like Uma Bharti, Govindacharya and Sanjay Joshi should be taken back and should in fact be accorded a better welcome.
Vaidya wrote, "If Jaswant Singh had stayed out of the party, it would have no impact, but the return of the three will help the party. And the three should be accorded a better welcome back to the party than Jaswant Singh." (Read: After Jaswant, will BJP now take back Uma Bharti?)
Vaidya also said that these three leaders made mistakes, but their crime was lesser than Jaswant's who praised Pakistan's founding father Mohd Ali Jinnah.
Jaswant Singh returned to the BJP in June this year, 10 months after he was expelled by the party for the Jinnah praise. (Read: Jaswant back with BJP, stands by comments on Jinnah, Hindutva)
He, however, refused to retract his statement. Speaking exclusively to NDTV's Barkha Dutt about his return to the BJP fold, Singh had stressed that "I cannot disown the book on Jinnah... historical facts about Jinnah can't be wished away just because we disagree." (Exclusive: Jaswant Singh speaks to NDTV)
Clearly, the RSS has been less forgiving.
Speculation about Uma Bharti's return to BJP has been rife for some time now, not least when she took a flight to Raipur recently with party patriarch LK Advani.
Uma's possible return to the party has been talked about from before she quit the outfit she had floated, the Bharatiya Janshakti, in March this year. But Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and some RSS leaders are said to be opposed to her return to the party.
Bharti was sacked from the BJP in 2005. But for over a year before then, she had begun to lose favour in a party not willing to take her tantrums anymore. In November 2004, Uma was suspended from the party when she stormed out of a meeting called by then BJP president Advani. On national television, she dared Advani to take action against her. The party also issued a show-cause notice. But the RSS intervened, Uma apologised, her suspension was revoked and she was appointed member of the BJP's national executive.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue, MG Vaidya, in an article in the daily Tarun Bharat, has said if Jaswant can be handed a political pardon, then expelled leaders like Uma Bharti, Govindacharya and Sanjay Joshi should be taken back and should in fact be accorded a better welcome.
Vaidya wrote, "If Jaswant Singh had stayed out of the party, it would have no impact, but the return of the three will help the party. And the three should be accorded a better welcome back to the party than Jaswant Singh." (Read: After Jaswant, will BJP now take back Uma Bharti?)
Vaidya also said that these three leaders made mistakes, but their crime was lesser than Jaswant's who praised Pakistan's founding father Mohd Ali Jinnah.
Jaswant Singh returned to the BJP in June this year, 10 months after he was expelled by the party for the Jinnah praise. (Read: Jaswant back with BJP, stands by comments on Jinnah, Hindutva)
He, however, refused to retract his statement. Speaking exclusively to NDTV's Barkha Dutt about his return to the BJP fold, Singh had stressed that "I cannot disown the book on Jinnah... historical facts about Jinnah can't be wished away just because we disagree." (Exclusive: Jaswant Singh speaks to NDTV)
Clearly, the RSS has been less forgiving.
Speculation about Uma Bharti's return to BJP has been rife for some time now, not least when she took a flight to Raipur recently with party patriarch LK Advani.
Uma's possible return to the party has been talked about from before she quit the outfit she had floated, the Bharatiya Janshakti, in March this year. But Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and some RSS leaders are said to be opposed to her return to the party.
Bharti was sacked from the BJP in 2005. But for over a year before then, she had begun to lose favour in a party not willing to take her tantrums anymore. In November 2004, Uma was suspended from the party when she stormed out of a meeting called by then BJP president Advani. On national television, she dared Advani to take action against her. The party also issued a show-cause notice. But the RSS intervened, Uma apologised, her suspension was revoked and she was appointed member of the BJP's national executive.
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