Guwahati, May 30: The BJP today decided to serve a showcause notice to music maestro Bhupen Hazarika for his absence from the party’s crucial two-day brainstorming session. Hazarika was invited to the meeting, but did not attend and gave no reason for staying away. “We will send him a letter seeking his explanation for not attending the meeting that concluded today,” Indramoni Bora, the party’s state unit president, said. The meeting was convened to analyse the party’s performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Hazarika was the party’s only Lok Sabha candidate who did not attend the introspective session. He had blamed the party for the defeat and accused the BJP leaders of not doing enough to ensure his victory.
After two-days of heated discussions the party is still undecided over the cause of its defeat in the poll. However, senior leaders said wrong choice of candidates could be one of the factors for the poor showing.
“We must admit that many of the candidates failed to click,” Arun Sathe, the party’s Assam in-charge, said.
He refused to name the candidates. “We are still analysing the performance and we will specify only after getting detailed feedback from the block level.”