VHP wants Advani to go, BJP rejects

"The BJP decides who should be its President and the VHP need not take any pains in this regard. We are a democratic and nationalist political party. We are capable of conducting our affairs," BJP Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu said.

"VHP's suggestions or demands are not acceptable to us," he said.

"Advani was the man who set an agenda for a debate on the true meaning of secularism by tearing apart pseudo secular policies practiced by the parties with an eye on vote bank," he said.

Advani had agreed to take back his resignation from the presidentship of the party only at the request of the entire partymen and hence there was no question of Advani accepting the VHP's demand, Naidu said.