New Delhi, Nov 10: Senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Shanta Kumar and Yashwant Sinha today issued a joint statement, strongly criticising the party's stand on its debacle in the assembly elections in Bihar.
"The results of Bihar election show that no lesson has been learnt from fiasco in Delhi. To say everyone is responsible for defeat in Bihar is to ensure everyone is held responsible," the statement said.
"It shows those who would have appropriated credit are bent on shrugging off responsibilty for the disastrous showing in Bihar," it added.
"A principle reason for the latest defeat is the way in party has been emasculated in the last year. A thorough review needed for reasons for defeat," the statement read.
The Bihar mandate has been seen by many as a comment on the 18-month performance of the Narendra Modi government. But senior leaders of the BJP, including home minister Rajnath Singh today, have said no blame can be pinned to the Prime Minister.
Yesterday, after a meeting between its 12 top leaders -- including Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- to analyse the defeat, the BJP attributed it to its failure to gauge the effectiveness of the Grand Alliance.
Today, Mr Singh said, "We couldn't understand the mood (in the state). Social equations were against us in Bihar. I have addressed at least 50 rallies."
"We were wrong in thinking the Grand Alliance won't be able to consolidate votes due to other small and regional parties," Union finance minister Arun Jaitley had said.
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