2NDLD BJP 2LST

In Hyderabad, Naidu said organisational elections are due
in the party and there was no vacancy now.

"We are surprised by the reports in major sections of
media on stepping down, appointment and new President,
promotion and RSS dictation. All these things in the media are
totally baseless, speculation and imagination," he said.

Naidu said Advani would continue to lead the party. "How
can anyone corner Advani? Does anyone have the capability or
the stature to match him? Advani is the leader and will
continue to lead the BJP," he said.

"There is no vacancy to make Naidu, Jaitley or for that
matter X,Y,Z as the president. It is all media speculation,"
he said.

Party sources said at the end of the day there would be
no spectacular changes made in the party structure
immediately, though something could be worked towards the end
of the year when organisational elections were due.

The three-day confabulations between the leadership of
RSS and BJP was some sort of "brainstorming sessions" on the
Lok Sabha debacle and there was also realisation that the
party cannot resort to indiscriminate sacking of leaders like
it did in the case of Jaswant Singh, sources said.

They felt there should be some sort of forum available to
leaders to express their grievances. PTI