NEW DELHI:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party removed actress Hema Malini and party hopper Najma Heptullah from its apex body.
It included movie actors Shatrughan Sinha and Vinod Khanna together with former cricketer Navjot Singh Siddhu in the new team.
Keen not to rock the boat with further youthful adventurism, the BJP underscored the presence of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and two other old warhorses Lal Kishan Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi to lead the BJP into its future forays.
The octogenarian Mr Vajpayee has not been seen in public for years and is believed to be suffering from complications that come with age.
