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In this connection, the BJP President and the present Home Minister, respected Shri Advani, mentioned that the manifesto of the BJP is no longer relevant and the National Agenda is relevant. In the House, he mentioned it.
THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI L. K. ADVANI): What I said yesterday was not what you are saying now. I never said that it was not relevant. I said that so far as this Government is concerned, it would be governed by the National Agenda.
SHRI N. JANARDHANA REDDY : That is right. That means your manifesto is no more there...(Interruptions). The manifesto of yours, the manifesto of the AIADMK will not be there...(Interruptions) Please do not interrupt me. When you were speaking, you were asking us to sit down. Now, you please sit down.
Shri Golwalkar's book is not available in the library of Parliament. I tried to find out why, but it is not there. I happen to be the Secretary of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, and it has a copy of this book. I shall not tax you or the Members of the House by reading from it, but it is worth suggesting that the younger Members and the newer Members of this Parliament make an effort to read the book. All I can ask with great respect which I have for Shri Advani, one of the great leaders of the country, is does he agree with what is said in the book or does he not? Yes or no, the answer is very simple, and I shall await his answer. THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI L. K. ADVANI): Were you not there when Shri Chandra Shekhar referred to it?
 
SHRI K. NATWAR SINGH : I heard him.
SHRI L. K. ADVANI: I said, at that time, that so far as this often cited quotation is concerned, the author of the book himself did not agree with it.
SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA(BANKURA): But what about your view?
SHRI K. NATWAR SINGH (BHARATPUR): Do you not agree with the book?
SHRI L. K. ADVANI: I do not agree with those particular portions which are cited again and again that there is a reference to Nazi Germany and minorities. I do not agree with it.
SHRI K. NATWAR SINGH : Sir, I am not quoting any passage from the book. I am asking you whether you agree with the philosophy and thrust of the book or you do not. You can say `yes' or `no'.
SHRI L. K. ADVANI: That is hardly a question.
SHRI K. NATWAR SINGH : Do you want me to put it differently? ... (Interruptions)
SHRI L. K. ADVANI: The book has so many ideas with which I may or may not agree. I know that out of that only one portion is quoted again and again.
SHRI K. NATWAR SINGH : I know that Advaniji is careful with his language. I know that he is a lover of words and phrases as I am. I most respectfully and humbly ask him: "Do you agree even broadly with the philosophy of this book or not?"