Purthi Power

The BJP is likely to declare in a few hours that despite a very public and high-decibel revolt today, the party stands by its president,Nitin Gadkari, and that he will remain in office till December when his term expires.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is continuing to play safe on Nitin Gadkari, the man it picked to be BJP president and who is now mired in corruption charges that his party can politically ill-afford. The BJP's parent body said at a meeting in Chennai that it had "no soft corner" for anyone and no different yardstick on corruption.

The BJP is likely to declare in a few hours that despite a very public and high-decibel revolt today, the party stands by its president,Nitin Gadkari, and that he will remain in office till December when his term expires.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is continuing to play safe on Nitin Gadkari, the man it picked to be BJP president and who is now mired in corruption charges that his party can politically ill-afford. The BJP's parent body said at a meeting in Chennai that it had "no soft corner" for anyone and no different yardstick on corruption.