Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue M.G. Vaidya has said that the former BJP president Nitin Gadkari was ousted due to an “internal political conspiracy.” Writing in his latest blog post, Mr. Vaidya said, “There seems to be an internal political conspiracy over the turn of events preceding Gadkari’s resignation. The way the Jethmalani father- son duo started a campaign against Gadkari sometimes back, shows something. At that time Gadkari had not even received a single notice form any of the authorities, but to the Jethmalanis, Gadkari appeared as ‘kalankit’ [tainted]. But this kalank [taint] was not proved. After that Shatrughan Sinha and Yashwant Sinha also demanded Gadkari’s resignation. When all this was going on and I wrote it in my blog, I received a letter from Washington. The first line in that letter was ‘I am saddened by your support for Gadkari’. That letter cleared my doubts and made it clear that this was an internal conspiracy against Gadkari.” In November last, Mr. Vaidya had created a sensation by blaming Gujarat CM Narendra Modi for running a campaign against Mr. Gadkari.