Sulking Jaswant set to file nomination from Barmer

March 24, 2014 08:53

Upset over denial of Lok Sabha ticket, a sulking Jaswant Singh on Sunday dared his party, saying he will file his nomination papers tomorrow from Barmer as an independent while asserting that he is "not a piece of furniture" to be "adjusted" after polls.

He has also made it clear that the party will have to suffer the consequences of internal strife coming to the fore ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Back channel efforts were underway to bring him around, BJP sources said, but the veteran leader showed no signs of relenting.

Training his guns on BJP president Rajnath Singh who said the 76-year-old leader's services will be utilised appropriately, Jaswant Singh retorted, "I am not a piece of furniture. The choice of the adjective 'adjust' itself is indicative of the mentality. You cannot adjust with principles and it is insulting".

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