BJP has become 'party of the dead': Yashwant Sinha

Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday slammed the BJP saying it has become a "murdo ki party" (party of the dead), where only two leaders were ruling the roost, while the others were "scared" to challenge them.

He ruled out the possibility of a change in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) leadership after its losses in the recently concluded assembly polls.

Sinha was here to speak at J S Karandikar Memorial Lecture organised at the Pune Union of Working Journalists on 'Current Political Scenario in India and Media'. After his address, he fielded questions from the media and others.

Responding to a question, he said, "There will not be any change in the leadership (of the BJP) because everybody is scared."
Sinha took a dig at Modi saying, "Generally the prime minister is first among equals in Parliament, but today the situation is that he is the boss."
When asked what if Urjit Patel had resigned as RBI Governor a month ago, he said, "It would have been better had he resigned when the government started the process to invoke Section 7 of the RBI Act, but that time did not come."