<p>Expressing his deep anguish and pain over the party becoming directionless, particularly after getting a drubbing in the parliamentary polls, Shotgun fired yet another salvo at the top leadership.<br /><br />“I would urge my party leaders, both at the national level and in Bihar to do some ‘atma-manthan’ (self-introspection) to stem the rot,” averred Shatru at a function here organised to felicitate former Governor Kailashpati Mishra. “If required, the party should undergo a ‘surgery’ to get a new lease of life,” suggested the former union health minister. But Shotgun, who had showered encomiums on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, was ridiculed at the function.</p>
<p>Expressing his deep anguish and pain over the party becoming directionless, particularly after getting a drubbing in the parliamentary polls, Shotgun fired yet another salvo at the top leadership.<br /><br />“I would urge my party leaders, both at the national level and in Bihar to do some ‘atma-manthan’ (self-introspection) to stem the rot,” averred Shatru at a function here organised to felicitate former Governor Kailashpati Mishra. “If required, the party should undergo a ‘surgery’ to get a new lease of life,” suggested the former union health minister. But Shotgun, who had showered encomiums on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, was ridiculed at the function.</p>