BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, who has been making critical remarkscritical remarks against government policies and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been advised by Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi to quit the saffron party “if he doesn’t like it”.
Speaking at an event hosted by a TV channel, Modi further said that the actor-turned-politician had “fallen into the bad influence” of former BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha, who too has been critical of the party.”
“Shatrughan Sinha is my icon but the kind of insults he has been using against the BJP, he should quit. He is using all sorts of language against the party that made him the Cabinet minister, two-term Rajya Sabha member and two-term Lok Sabha”.
Sinha, who was a Cabinet minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, fell out with the current leadership after being ignored in the 2015 Bihar Assembly polls. Of late, he has lashed out at party functioning and has also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on issues like rising fuel prices, demonetisation, Rafale deal and the Vijay Mallya case.
The Bihar deputy chief minister also claimed that Sinha was holding meetings with several Opposition leaders, saying, “He met Lalu Prasad and has started projecting his son Tejashwi Yadav as CM of Bihar.”.
Last month, Sinha met jailed RJD president Lalu Prasad at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIIMS) in Ranchi, where he is recuperating.
Modi dared Sinha to leave the BJP and then contest from Patna Sahib if he was so sure of his popularity. “His victory in last parliamentary elections was made possible by the joint efforts of BJP leaders Nand Kishore Yadav, Sanjeev Chaurasia, Arun Kumar Sinha and Nitish Navin,” Modi said.
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All of us know (Shotgun) Sinha to be big mouth. For any actor to dabble in politics is always two edge sword because whatever they say has wrong implications. Question is where is his loyalty. For any Party activist there are ways to criticise the leadership and meeting with the opposition blatantly is not inspiring for other party workers. Is he becoming the mouthpiece of Congress? Or a typical Bihari man taking opportunity to further his own means?
Politicians are the same every where and those who have entered politics from Bollywood have a chip on their shoulder believing that they are greater than the party. That is why it is of utmost importance that BJP choose candidates whose loyalty to party and PM is beyond doubt.It is also immoral to give party tickets to those who are opportunists, have deserted their own party and joined BJP band wagon, thus depriving some long standing and loyal party members.