I want to save the party: Gadkari
New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that he does not want the charges of financial impropriety levelled against him to adversely affect the party’s interest.
“I do not wish that this should in any way adversely affect the interests of BJP. I have, therefore, decided not to seek a second term as the president of BJP,” Gadkari said, adding he has conveyed his decision to the party.
“There was a continuous effort to defame BJP. It was a political challenge to me when allegations were levelled against me and I decided that there should be a probe into such allegations. Unless my name is cleared, I have decided not to be in this post. So, I decided not to contest for the second term,” he said after he was forced out of the race.
“The probe will go on and I am sure that I will come out clean. I have nothing to do with corruption. I am sure I will come out clean. I myself decided to withdraw, so that there are no allegations against the party,” he said.
Gadkari, whose candidature was being strongly pushed by RSS despite reservations within the party, was all set for re-election before senior leader Yashwant Sinha decided this evening to throw his hat in tomorrow’s polls.
