- The BJP leadership is unhappy over Vajpayee's hints at retirement and downplays its significance.
- Some partymen believe Vajpayee is feeling somewhat neglected in the new Advani-led dispensation.
- The new party president has been unable to generate fresh ideas for the party's rejuvenation. In fact, Advani's tenure is seen as a stop-gap arrangement.
- Advani's speech seen by some as an oblique criticism of Vajpayee's mode of functioning as prime minister.