Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Notes on recently concluded BJP conclave

Keshari to be CM if BJP comes to power in UP?

Indications are that despite the presence of stalwarts like Kalyan Singh, Lalji Tandon and others, Keshari Nath Tripathi is the dark-horse who is silently steadying his chances for a claim at chief ministership if BJP wins as many seats in the Assembly election to put forward its case to form the government in the State. This is in spite of the fact that that Lal Krishan Advani, in his speech, exuded confidence that the party will regain power in UP under the stewardship of Kalyan Singh, who, he said, was BJP’s obvious choice for the chiefministership.
Rajnath Singh’s earlier rivalry with Kalyan Singh is no secret though the former gave indications that he burried that rivalry upon assuming the mantle of BJP’s President. Another indication is the near absence of mention of any other person who could be in race for chief ministership in the hour-long CD released to the media on the eve of the 3-day conclave in Lucknow. It was Tripathi and none else who was spelling out the strategies of the BJP to the media while all the rest of the senior-leaders of BJP converged at the State’s Capital. Moreover, the fact near obvious choices like Kalyan Singh were not portrayed as chief minister material any longer indicate that Rajnath Singh has surprises up his sleeves and is only waiting for the right time to come.

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