1) BJP leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj did not attend a key party rally in Mumbai due to prior engagements. 2) Party spokesperson said Advani's absence was pre-planned due to a throat infection, while Sushma Swaraj had to attend a program in Ghaziabad the next morning. 3) The party denied there were any rifts among leaders regarding a recent amendment allowing the party president a second term.

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L K Advani, Sushma’s
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NIFTian’s smart
absence pre-decided; trolley to make
there is no rift: BJP
shopping faster
The electronic trolley automatically receives, saves and
transmits product information to complete billing process,
Amendment to extend president’s term was known for long, says spokesperson thus saving customers from standing in a queue
Sushma gave the rally a miss because she had to reach Delhi on Friday night, while Advani didn’t attend due to throat infection
MUMBAI Bharatiya Janata Party
leaders LK Advani and Sushma MODI MAY BE IN BJP PARLIAMENTARY BOARD
Swaraj did not attend the key party
rally in Mumbai on Friday evening The new-found bon homie between Nitin Gadkari and Narendra Modi could see
due to prior engagements, party the Gujarat chief minister getting into the party’s Parliamentary Board soon.
leaders said, denying that their Indications are that Gadkari could induct Modi into the powerful organ of the par- Vinay plans to instal a prototype at one of the retail outlets and get customer feedback
absence was due to any discontent. ty following the recent coming together of the two that seems to have upset quite
a few equations. Asked whether any party chief minister could get into the Parlia- Shraddha.Singh
A
The party said the absence of the
two leaders was known much earli- mentary Board, a veiled reference to Modi, BJP spokesperson Ravishankar @timesgroup.com
er. It also showed an invite of the Prasad said, “BJP president has discretionary powers and no one objects to it.”
rally, which did not mention Only yesterday, Gadkari is believed to have extracted the resignation of Sanjay n NIFT, Gandhinagar graduate
Advani’s name. Joshi from the national executive at the behest of Modi. Today, Modi and Gadkari has designed an electronic trol-
“Advani’s schedule was fixed ear- reached the stage together at a public meeting following the national executive ley which promises to not only
lier so he is not there and Sushma here, displaying their new bonding. Gadkari had come to the venue earlier but make shopping trips fun but
Swaraj has to attend a programme waited for Modi to arrive so that they could take the podium together. PTI also increase sales for retailers. Vinay
in Ghaziabad on Saturday morn- Prajapati (28), who recently complet-
ing,” said party spokesperson ed his masters in fashion technology,
Nirmala Sitharaman. Sushma Swaraj also denied spec- 2015 which means that the party has designed a trolley equipped with
Asked if both the leaders decided ulation that there was a rift among will go to the 2014 Lok Sabha elec- wireless and radio frequency identifi-
not to attend the rally as they were party leaders. tion under him, undermining cation (RFID) technologies, which can
unhappy with the change in the “I respect and honour all deci- Advani’s role. Advani, many believe, automatically detect, receive, save and
party constitution that would allow sions of the party. Please do not has not yet ruled himself out as the transmit product information to com-
a second term to party president draw any other conclusions. I must prime ministerial candidate for BJP. plete the billing process. This is aimed Vinay Prajapati
Nitin Gadkari, Sitharaman said: reach Delhi tonight (Friday night) Incidentally, many senior leaders at enhancing customer satisfaction by
“There has been no discontent over because I have to leave early morn- wanted change in presidentship reducing time consumption and also ley will also help the retailers to track
the party resolution and he (Advani) ing for an important function in UP after the patry’s poor show in the cutting cost of services and inventory the buying behaviour of customers.
is fully with us... it (any discontent) tomorrow (Saturday). I cannot five state assembly elections. BJP management at the billing counter. Prajapati’s research concentrates
is all in the minds of the people.” attend tomorrow’s (Saturday) func- had performed badly in UP and “The inspiration for this trolley on automation of retail process that
Another party leader said: “It was tions unless I take an early flight to Punjab where its seat count went came from my own shopping experi- involves customers. He said, “One can
known since long that we will pass Delhi,” she posted on micro-blog- down and lost power in ence. No customer enjoys standing in save on man power required to man-
an amendment to the constitution, ging site Twitter. Uttarakhand. Goa provided the sil- a queue to get the billing done. It is age a retail store if RFID is imple-
SENIOR LEADERS UNHAPPY
and it is not for any particular ver lining where it defeated sheer waste of time. The RFID trolley mented at item level. More over RFID
WITH NITIN GADKARI
leader. It will benefit all presidents Congress. helps in fast shopping and checkout. can automate and reduce human
at state and district level as well. Gadkari’s decision to bring Uma The trolley automatically calculates errors at payment counters. It makes
Why would there be a sudden dis- The clarifications came after specu- Bharati from Madhya Pradesh to the worth of the good inside it, thus the process efficient.”
content over something that is lations of serious cracks in the top lead the party in UP did not pay minimising the time at the billing “If all goes fine I will make
known for so long?” leadership did the rounds. Advani’s off. Besides, reinducting former counter. It also has a navigator, which advancements in present proposal
Party sources added that Advani non-unavailability was seen as his party general secretary Sanjay Joshi will guide the customers to different and instal prototype in an apparel or
was not well and suffering from a unhappiness with Gadkari getting and putting him in charge of polls sections of the store. This will help fashion accessories outlet and record
throat infection. He had, however, the unprecedented second consecu- did not go well with his adversary attracting customers to that particular customers’ review. It will help me
addressed the valedictory function tive three-year term. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra store and help the retailers in increas- prove that time is indeed money,”
of the meet before leaving. Gadkari’s term will now end in Modi. AGENCIES ing footfalls,” said Prajapati. The trol- Prajapati added.