When L K Advani got his copy of The Hindustan Times on Tuesday which had splashed a story that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not in favour of another yatra by Advani, he was both amused and shocked.
He promptly asked the party leaders to dig out who had planted the story.
Since the story was carried on the day he was scheduled to hold a press conference it gave him enough time to counter the story. "Atalji is very enthusiastic about the yatras," he said in response to a question.
By the evening the party's media department smsed journalists that the former prime minister’s statement was on the BJP web site. To discredit the journalist who carried the story, the party top brass made sure that Advani and BJP President Rajnath Singh were seen off by Vajpayee on April 5.
-- Onkar Singh in New Delhi