Uma Bharti and Babulal Marandi re join the BJP?
Two years after having been expelled and just a few months prior to the scheduled assembly elections in Delhi, veteran political leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana was re-inducted into the BJP on Friday — setting off speculations about the possible return of other prodigal sons and daughters including Uma Bharti and Babulal Marandi.
Khurana has expressed regrets for his past behaviour and withdrawn all allegations against the BJP and expressed his desire to work for the party, a party press release says.
Speculations suggesting backroom manoeuvrings for enabling the possible re-entry of former chief ministers Uma Bharti and Babulal Marandi have also been doing the rounds — although close advisors of both the leaders rule out such possibilities and the BJP is spreading rumours with aims of tarnishing the image of the two leaders and spreading confusion amongst their cadres.
Ruling out possibilities of a re-entry into the BJP, Marandi said the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) — launched by him in March 2006 — had been gaining strength and that was the reason for the BJP’s panic.
Uma Bharti is scheduled to address a press conference in New Delhi this weekend, to denounce the “whisper campaign” about her possible re-entry into the BJP. “Such talk has no basis and these are canards that are being spread by the BJP,” Bharatiya Janashakti Party national treasurer Sanjay Sharma said.
On the other hand, BJP leaders indicate talks are on, but have not made much headway because of certain preconditions put up by the two leaders.
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