Rajnath later asked party vice president Bal Apte “to handle all letters, including that of Shourie” and told other leaders to write directly to him, “if they so desired.”
Party general secretary Vinay Katiyar confronted senior leader Jaswant Singh on his letter and wondered how it got leaked to the media.
An offended Jaswant said that never before in his 44 years of his public life had he been questioned like this.