Explaining his blog entry, Vaidya told Times Now channel Monday: "And because Jethmalani has combined the two things in one statement, demanding Nitin Gadkari's resignation and making Narendra Modi as PM, I said that the needle of suspicion goes to Gujarat. I only said needle of suspicion goes towards Modi and that there is a suspicion. If Jethmalani is entitled to his own point of view I also am entitled to my own point of view."
He said the RSS "has nothing to do with it".
Vaidya's son and RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya clarified on the news channel that these were his father's personal views. "These are not the Sangh's official opinion... If the Sangh has to give an opinion, it will do so."
BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu was also quick to denounce Vaidya. Addressing a press conference in Chennai, he said the remarks were Vaidya's personal opinion.
