21 November,2012 08:13 AM IST | | Agencies
The BJP disapproved of the remarks made by party leader Yashwant Sinha yesterday seeking the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari, saying he should reconsider his comments.
Coming out of a meeting of National Democratic Alliance leaders, BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said Sinha's remarks were "inappropriate".
Speak out: Yashwant Sinha had said that the issue was not whether Nitin Gadkari was guilty but all party leaders being above reproach. File Pic
Prasad said the party had taken notice of the reports in the media about Sinha's remarks. "He is a very senior leader of the party. He has given a public statement today. Being a senior leader, all party forums were available to him. Instead, he chose to go public. The party did not deem it appropriate.
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