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Shahnawaz not to attend BJP spokespersons' meet |
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Gadkari , Shahnawaz , BJP , ravi shankar prasad |
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 New Delhi: BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain, who
is sulking after he was overlooked for the post of
general secretary by party president Nitin Gadkari, is likely
to keep away from a meeting of new spokespersons convened
today by Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj.
Swaraj is holding a meeting of the seven BJP spokespersons
to decide allocation of work and brief them about their new
job.
Sources said the meeting was being held at the behest of
Chief Spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad who is keen on getting
his new team cracking without any delay.
Sources close to Hussain said he is likely to keep away
from the meeting but insisted that this is due to his
ill-health.
"He is a disciplined soldier of the party and will go with
whatever the party decides. But since he is unwell, he cannot
attend this meeting," a source close to Hussain said.
Asked if there was a possibility of Hussain not accepting
the post of spokesman, his close associate replied in the
negative.
The three-time MP and former minister was tipped to become
a general secretary but was only made a spokesperson.
Other than Prasad and Hussain, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Prakash
Javadekar, Ramnath Kovind, Tarun Vijay and Nirmala Sitharaman
have been appointed spokespersons.
Hussain has differences with Prasad and is said to be
uneasy working under him. "Hussain was a union minister while
Prasad has only served as a minister of state," said Hussain's
close aide. |
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Updated :
Friday, 19 Mar 2010, 14:55 [IST] |
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