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Article: Sangh likely to favour a dark horse for the top job.
- Article from:
- Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
- Article date:
- August 30, 2009
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THE SEARCH for a GenNext leader to replace L. K. Advani in the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP), in keeping with the ' youth' prescription of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS), is spread far and wide.
Political circles are abuzz with the names of Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar and M. Venkaiah Naidu.
But sources in both the BJP and the RSS claim that these names have been projected by the media -- not the party itself.
" The BJP is in an ' after Nehru who?' situation," said a top leader who did not want to be identified.
" Even a dark horse may emerge and take over the party's mantle. And who knows, he may turn out to be ...