-------------------------------------------------------------------- | Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s | | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=426 | -------------------------------------------------------------------- I want to become Prime Minister, says Advani Wednesday, 05 April , 2006, 17:17 New Delhi: Senior BJP leader L K Advani, who recently expressed keenness on a change in his party's image, said factors like "infighting and corruption" do hurt the party.
The Leader of the Opposition also said he would like to be Prime Minister. When asked if he was worried about BJP, Advani, who quit as party president in the wake of the row he had triggered with the RSS over his comments on Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in 2005, said, "The general phrase used is 'Congressisation' of the BJP. Infighting, factionalism, corruption... All these things... They do hurt." To a question whether he wanted to be the Prime Minister, the former deputy Prime Minister said, "I don't see anything wrong in wanting to be... liking to be (Prime Minister)." "That's for the party and everyone to decide... Very often even the parties do not decide these matters... These happen themselves," he remarked adding the choice for the top job depended on varying factors. During the interview, the former deputy Prime Minister also regretted what he called gradual political degeneration in the country after 1947. "Let me say that prior to 1947, when we got freedom, gradually things started degenerating and gradually it came to a point that politics did not remain what it is in other democracies," Advani said. He, however, said he did not feel out of place in what he perceives as a changed political environment. "It's not difficult... I have seen so many people who have contributed so much without getting anything in return," Advani said, when asked whether he found uncomfortable in the present political environment. ------------------------------------------------------ Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not ~www.goa-world.com~ _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)