New Delhi: Former prime minister and BJP veteran Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday urged the party to move on after general secretary Pramod Mahajan's death and look for another Lakshman.
Vajpayee had described Mahajan as Lakshman and Advani as Ram during a meeting on the occasion of the party's silver jubilee celebration in Mumbai in December 2005.
The description was seen as an indication of the growing clout and stature of Mahajan in the saffron party.
Asked whether the party should look for an alternative to Mahajan, he said, "we will have to wait," indicating that it was not an easy task to replace the departed charismatic leader.
"I did not search for him. I did not make him Lakshman. He became Lakshman due to his qualities," Vajpayee, also considered Mahajan's mentor, said.
Meanwhile, as the UPA Government prepared to bring a Bill in Parliament to exempt certain posts from the purview of offices of profit, Vajpayee demanded the abolition of the National Advisory Council, which was earlier headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
"We (BJP) have already demanded its abolition," he said.
Vajpayee's remarks assume significance as the UPA government drafts a Bill that is likely to save key leaders of major political parties from disqualification.
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