'I told Advani to skip Goa meet due ill-health', says Rajnath Singh

DELHI, India - June 11, 2013 - PRLog -- Panaji, June 7 (ANI (http://www.aninews.in)): Sending out a strong message that there is no conflict within the outfit, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President  Rajnath Singh (http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/rajnath-singh.html) on Friday said party veteran Lal Krishna Advani is unwell and will be attending the national executive meet tomorrow.

"Due to Advaniji's ill-health, I told him not to attend the meet today. He will reach Goa tomorrow," he told mediapersons here, when asked about Advani's absence.

The two-day  National Executive Committee meeting (http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/national-executive-committee-meeting.html)  of the BJP has begun in Goa. The BJP leaders will decide the party's strategy for ensuing assembly polls in six states and the 2014 Lok Sabha elections during the meet besides deliberating on other issues of national importance, including price rise and national security issues among other issues.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's role in the next Lok Sabha polls is also expected to be the dominant theme of the BJP National Executive meet. There has been a strong demand from some sections of the BJP for declaring Modi as the campaign committee head.

Some senior  BJP (http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/bjp.html) leaders, including  Advani (http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/advani.html), are opposed to  Modi (http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail/keyword-search/modi.html) being projected as the party's foremost leader. (ANI (http://www.aninews.in))