L’affaire Gadkari
How the BJP chief got caught in the crosshairs
- October 17: Ram Jethmalani writes to Nitin Gadkari; wants Narendra Modi to be BJP’s PM candidate; says Mohan Bhagwat agrees with him
- October 21: Modi flies to Nagpur during Gujarat poll campaign, meets Bhagwat with RSS general secretary Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi and Suresh Soni
- November 4: At national executive in Chennai, RSS backs Gadkari as TV media coverage of his business wheeling-dealing reaches a crescendo
- November 5: Jethmalani’s son, Mahesh, resigns from BJP national executive, says it would be wrong to serve with Gadkari at the helm
- November 7: BJP backs Gadkari after RSS ideologue S. Gurumurthy gives ‘clean chit’ to Gadkari’s business dealings
- November 11: On his Marathi blog, RSS ideologue M.G. Vaidya joins the dots, says Narendra Modi may be behind campaign against Gadkari
- November 13: Gurumurthy clarifies on his ‘clean chit’ to Gadkari, deletes tweets after TV “misinterprets” them, and writes to Gadkari
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