Narendra Modi is my leader, Amit Shah party's national president: Sanjay Joshi

NEW DELHI: Days after posters appeared across the capital demanding his return, PM Narendra Modi's bete noire and BJP's once-powerful former general secretary Sanjay Joshi on Thursday appealed to his supporters to desist from such a “poster war”, saying it harmed the party.

Stating that Modi was his leader and Amit Shah the party's national president, Joshi said he believed in the organization's unity and had no role, either direct or indirect, in putting up posters and hoardings which called for his return to the party fold.

“I appeal to all my friends and critics alike to desist from engaging in such disinformation. This damages the party .I believe in the strength of the organization and have been and will always continue to work towards strengthening it,” Joshi said in a page-long letter.

Joshi did not share the best of ties with Modi in the past and was ousted from the party and divested of all party posts in 2005 following a CD controversy .

“I am an active BJP member,” claimed Joshi. “It seems some people are attempting to create confusion in the functioning of this government. As a part of this, posters have been put up regarding me. Such posters have harmed BJP's image,” he said.