Several top BJP leaders opposed to Nitin Gadkari, claims Ram Jethmalani

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader Ram Jethmalani has claimed that several top leaders in the party are against the continuance of Nitin Gadkari as party president.

In an interview to Times Now, Ram Jethmalani said that three top party leaders Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Shatrughan Sinha share his views that Nitin Gadkari should quit as party chief.

Ram Jethmalani claimed that the three leaders are in touch with him.

He furhter said that no leader within the party had till now opposed his views on Gadkari.

Ram Jethmalani's outbursts come a day after his son Mahesh openly revolted against Nitin Gadkari and resigned from the party's national executive. He said that he fully endorsed the step taken by his son against the party chief.