BJP parries questions about Advani's future status

New Delhi, Sep 7 (UNI) The BJP today skirted questions concerning the statement of its senior leader Yashwant Sinha putting a question mark over the future status of Leader of Opposition L K Advani.

Asked for the party's reaction about the statement of Mr Sinha that the status of Mr Advani was not that of ''PM-in-waiting'' as claimed by him and the party would decide about its future leader, BJP Parliamentary Party Spokesman Vijay Kumar Malhotra said he had not seen the interview. However, it was know to all that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mr Advani were the top party leaders, he added.

''In any case, the BJP's Parliamentary Board is the right forum to answer this question and I am not a member of this decision-making body, '' he remarked.

UNI