Modi, Shah, Jaitley responsible for Bihar loss: Shourie

November 08, 2015 21:40

Former Union Minister Arun Shourie today said Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley should be held accountable for BJP's loss in Bihar elections and predicted that the "silent non-cooperation movement" in the

party against the leadership will now deepen.

He said a "Modi-centric" campaign "lacked credibility" because of the unkept promises of the past and blamed BJP's "divisive tactics" for the drubbing.

Shourie, a minister in the Vajpayee government, who is no longer with the party, accused Shah and Jaitley of "fomenting" a coalition against Modi by forcing the other opposition parties, which commanding over 69 per cent of vote, to get into an alliance.

He said that the BJP came to power at the height of Modi's popularity with merely 31 per cent votes.

"It is Modi, the master strategist (Shah) and Jaitley," he said when asked who should be held responsible for the defeat. "There is no fourth person in the party or the government."

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