Thursday, October 13 2005 14:54 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President L K Advani today (Oct 13, 2005) welcomed his Party General Secretary Pramod Mahajan's suggestion of 'collective leadership' as key to solving problems facing the organisation.

"It is a good thing. Team leadership is very much a requirement," Advani, on a municipal election tour here, told reporters.

His comments appeared subdued considering Mahajan's apparently critical remarks in a television interview yesterday (Oct 12, 2005), in which the Party General Secretary also opposed Advani's idea to resolve the impasse with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) through a public debate.

Advani, however, downplayed rising dissidence within his party and instead attacked the Congress-led Central Government for its record in office.

"The Centre's report card is so poor that even the Supreme Court has to indict it thrice," Advani remarked.

The BJP Chief said the recent events, including the Supreme Court verdict on the Bihar Assembly dissolution, might bring about a change in Central politics.

"The Supreme Court verdict on Bihar is unprecedented," Advani said.