BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, a known loyalist of veteran leader LK Advani, and who had lobbied to get Advani projected as the BJP and NDA's prime ministerial candidate, has posted a series of tweets addressed to author Chetan Bhagat.

Sinha has been critical of the government in the past, and has been one of the few voices in the party to speak out against demonetisation. This time, however his ire was directed at Bhagat's comments on his mentor LK Advani on national television. This is what Sinha had to say":

"I am a little disappointed in our intellectual friend Chetan Bhagat who sounded like a "Sarkari and Darbari" on National Channels yesterday. While hitting out at our friend and senior national leader Rahul Gandhi (saying that he is not result oriented and should be replaced, I feel he made a faux pas or shall I say an unwarranted comparison with our highly respected, able and acceptable leader, our friend, philosopher and guide Honorable Mr. L.K.Advani - suggesting that he was "removed" because he did not work enough to bring desired results.

"I beg your pardon Chetan! Was he really removed because he did not work enough, or was he not allowed to work any further and eased out of the scene because some of our people, out of fears, complexes, insecurities or maybe vested interests did not want him on the scene.

"Doesn't everyone know that? Today, he or even people like me are not seen anywhere in any campaign not because we are not tried, tested and effective, but because of, you may call it in-house politics. We believe in discipline of the party and we do not create a scene. We are not invited and well, today we are not even interested, at the fag end of the campaign though being party loyalists, we hope, wish and pray that we get the desired results and our people and party get more than expected seats,

"I am an Advani loyalist. Whatever I am in the Party is mainly because of him. The growth and prosperity of the party from 2 seats to where it reached, if not wholly and solely, has been mostly because of Mr Advani's contribution and leadership..

"My friend Chetan! I see you as an intellectual, but advise you to not slip into becoming a pseudo intellectual. Please dont hurt me or millions of supporters of Mr. Advani. We have tremendous faith in him. Long live Advaniji and the party."