PTI

New Delhi, Jul 7: Publicly criticising party colleagues for airing criticism of party ideology and strategy to the media apparently after the Lok Sabha poll defeat, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Monday said the party seemed to have “too many spokespersons”.

The urge (among some party leaders) to see their names in newspapers ...to see their face on TV for a few seconds ... Sometimes, I feel there are too many spokespersons in our party,” Advani said at a function here to mark the birth anniversary of Jan Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookherjee.

Several senior BJP leaders had spoken to news channels on the reasons for the party’s poll defeat and letters written by some party leaders discussing internal party matters and disagreements were leaked to the media, leaving the party red faced.

Reminiscing the sacrifices made by Mookherjee, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee to raise the party to its present state, Advani said the party should take all precautions to avoid mistakes as it negate these sacrifices.”
“Leaders like Mookherjee, Deen Dayal, and Vajpayee have raised this party to this level... we should prevent little mistakes on our part ....”, he said.

Advani said the recent election loss should not dishearten BJP members as the party had faced several “ups and downs” in the past.