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BJP’s senior leaders – Powerless Mentors By  Deepak Parvatiyar August 29, 2014 Recently, the BJP dropped three of its senior-most leaders – former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, from its highest decision-making body – the BJP Parliamentary Board. Call it a generational shift but the move has raised many eyebrows. Of course, Vajpayee is ailing and is no more active in politics. Yet, we all know that till as late as this year’s general elections and until the rise of Narendra Modi, Advani had still nurtured his prime ministerial ambition. It goes without saying that Vajpayee, Advani and Joshi, were the most powerful leaders of the BJP in recent times, till Modi upstaged them all! Now the trio is included in a specially created group called the Margdarshak Mandal (Guiding Committee). No Role for Founders of BJP   What does the dropping of the BJP veterans from the Parliamentary Board and compartmentalising them as mentor