"The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh plans to oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attempts to get his close aide, Amit Shah, appointed as the Bharatiya Janata Party's next president, by arguing that it is against leaders from the same state holding the party's top two posts. Both Modi and Shah are from Gujarat. The RSS claims to be just a cultural organisation affiliated with the ruling BJP, but it is no secret that the Hindutva group calls the shots on important appointments in the party.
'A day after the Government, in which he is a Minister, termed his last actions as Army Chief against Lt Gen Dalbir Singh as “illegal”, “extraneous” and “premeditated,” Minister of State and former Army chief V K Singh hit back by attacking the officer who is now the Army chief designate, accusing him of trying to protect a unit that “kills innocents,” and “does dacoity.”...'
"The late BJP leader Gopinath Munde had struggled within the party and even wanted to leave it, BJP MLC Pandurang Phundkar on Friday claimed in the Legislative Council in Mumbai. "Munde faced struggles at every step. He was (once) about to leave BJP. I opposed it. He faced humiliation many times but dedicated his life to the party," Mr Phundkar said... "There is a lot of confusion among people about the circumstances leading to his death.
"Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has resurrected his demand for the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari(BJP). Mr Yashwant Sinha had earlier allied with party MP in Rajya Sabha Ram Jethmalani in making the same demand. “Whether Gadkari is guilty or not is not the issue. Those in public life should be beyond reproach,” Mr Sinha said on Tuesday in a press release. ...The BJP, disapproving the remarks of Mr Yashwant Sinha, said he should reconsider his statement. “He is a very senior leader of the party. He has given a public statement today.
