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DEVESH KUMAR
NEW DELHI, OCT 3: Even before the long-drawn elections to the 13th Lok Sabha could come to an end, political activity in the Capital picked up on Sunday. Amidst reports that the the BJP's fortunes in Uttar Pradesh were likely to take a beating, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee met RSS chief Rajendra Singh, better known as Rajju Bhaiya, on Sunday morning.
The meeting between the two leaders assumes significance, especially when viewed against the backdrop of the bitter infighting within the party's UP unit. The state, which sends 85 MPs to the Lok Sabha, is crucial to the Sangh Parivar's scheme of things.
Both Vajpayee and Rajju Bhaiya, who share a very good equation, have vital stakes in the state.To the former, it is the adopted state -- he has been returned thrice in succession from Lucknow, while the latter hails from the state and is said to have a keen interest in its political affairs.Vajpayee drove down to the local RSS headquarters at Jhandewalan after returning the the Capital from Lucknowthis morning. He is learnt to have spent about an hour with Rajju Bhaiya.
The two leaders are learnt to have discussed the political situation unfolding in the country. The intra-party factionalism in the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit is also said to have figured in the meeting, with both of them expressing serious concern at the state of affairs prevailing there.
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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