Wednesday, June 29 2005 18:53 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) today (Jun 29, 2005) chose not to react to the statement of sacked spokesman Yashwant Sinha that he will continue to raise the issues of ideology while remaining in the party, maintaining that action will be taken whenever there is "indiscipline".

"We have not heard his statement so far. So there is no comment," party spokesman Prakash Javadekar told reporters when asked to react to Sinha's remarks on his removal from the post of spokesman. "We don't want to join the issue (with him)," he said.

To a question, Javadekar, however, said that the party will take action whenever there is "party indiscipline".

BJP sources argued that the party was not going to make any comment for now as it felt that Sinha had said "nothing objectionable".

A day after he was sacked as spokesman, a defiant Sinha said he will not quit BJP but continue to raise issues of ideology and people while remaining within the party, which he felt had not taken his statements in the "right spirit".

His statements against BJP President L K Advani over the Jinnah issue and its Jharkhand Government are being seen in the context of his plans to quit the party or an attempt to gain confidence of RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh).