How a video clip triggered a string of tweets from Nitin Gadkari: ‘Nefarious campaign’ | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
Sources close to him say there have been a series of instances when the minister's words were allegedly twisted and taken out of context
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How a video clip triggered a string of tweets from Nitin Gadkari: ‘Nefarious campaign’
Sources close to him say there have been a series of instances when the minister's words were allegedly twisted and taken out of context
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New Delhi | Updated: August 25, 2022 7:36:24 pm
Gadkari was dropped earlier this month from the BJP parliamentary board. (File)Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Thursday shot off a string of tweets alleging a “nefarious and fabricated campaign” against him for “political mileage” by a section of the media, who, he said, were “concocting” his statements. The minister has warned of legal action “in the interest of the government, party and millions of party workers”.
The BJP veteran’s tweets came amid reports that both the BJP leadership and leaders of the Sangh were upset with him for his “repeated” public statements, which were seen as having embarrassed the government and the party. The reports also suggested that Gadkari was dropped earlier this month from the BJP parliamentary board, the party’s apex decision-making body, because his repeated jibes at the party and government at the Centre had ended up annoying the RSS leadership.
However, Gadkari’s office said there have been a series of instances since 2018 when the minister’s words were allegedly twisted and misinterpreted. “Many of them were taken out of context to create a controversy. These were done by fringe elements in the media and social media and ended up creating confusion and dilemma among party leaders and workers. In fact, many of them were misleading too,” said a source close to the minister.
Between 2017 and 2018, ahead of the last Lok Sabha elections, Gadkari’s name had been propped up by a section in the party as the prospective prime ministerial candidate. “This was also a mischief. Neither the minister nor his office started this campaign; it was not even our agenda. The minister’s stand was clear and we kept clarifying it. Every statement from the minister was linked to the BJP leadership,” the source said, adding that Gadkari was “hurt and upset” over the “intensifying campaign” against him of “projecting him as the rebel in the government who wants to take on the Prime Minister and other top leaders of the party”.
However, sources in the party said the minister’s remarks have indeed been embarrassing both the BJP and the government. “There is an impression in the media that the senior minister has the backing of the Sangh and his comments indicate the so-called widening gap between the RSS and the BJP leadership. Whether it is with or without the support of the minister or his office is immaterial here because (the remarks) embarrass the government,” said a BJP leader.
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