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The BJP has been an ally of Kumar for nearly two
decades in the struggle for ridding Bihar of its misrule and
bringing good governance in the state, Advani maintained in
his speech.
He asserted that Nitish's achievements as chief
minister were possible due to support of the BJP.
BJP sources said that at the Executive meeting, BJP
President Nitin Gadkari sent a clear message to Kumar that his
party was not going to compromise on self-respect, which was
most important to it.
At the same time, Gadkari struck a conciliatory note by
saying that BJP was a mature political party whose leadership
has resilience and "respect(s) every leader, partnership and
alliance" and it is the "job of a mature political party to
take all along".
"We are a mature party which has a mature leadership
with resilience...We are showing maturity. For us, our
self-respect is most important. We are not going to compromise
on our self-respect," party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy
told reporters.
Rudy said that the party leaders attending the
national executive meet were "fortunate that we are being
hosted under the best possible arrangement", a statement meant
to thank the state government headed by Kumar, leading the
JD(U)-BJP coalition.
The BJP spokesman defended Modi over the advertisements
that have angered Kumar.
"He is a leader and a successful chief minister and
the way he is running the state is being hailed by his
supporters and some overzealous among them have made efforts
to widen his appeal by showing what is the truth," Rudy said.
He also downplayed the advertisements issued by the
Gujarat government in prominent newspapers Sunday,
highlighting the achievements of the Modi administration.
"The state governments and Central government come
out with such advertisements regularly," he said.
Kumar had cancelled a dinner for BJP top brass last
night following the controversy over the advertisements.
In the previous state polls and the Lower House Lok
Sabha elections, Nitish Kumar had not allowed Modi to campaign
in Bihar.
With the Bihar assembly elections due later this year,
the JD(U) leader has made it known that he would not like to
be seen with Modi, the face of hardline Hindutva, and be
associated with any move that could anger his Muslim votebase.
Criticising Kumar, Bihar's Cooperative Minister Giriraj
Singh of BJP said, "How can he (Kumar) treat BJP as his friend
while its icon Modi is unacceptable."
The state police Sunday carried out searches at the
office of the ad agency Expression Advertising that issued the
controversial advertisemnt. Its head in Patna said the ad had
been cleared by Surat BJP MP CR Patil. PTI RC/SPG
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