The central leadership of the BJP has made the first move to pacify former Bengal party president Rahul Sinha who went public to express his anger at being removed as a national secretary.

“Rahulda’s video message expressing discontent over his removal has prompted senior leaders to get in touch with him,” a BJP source said. The source added that Kailash Vijayvargiya, Arvind Menon and a person from Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s office had made calls to Sinha.

“However, Rahulda did not show interest in speaking to any of them,” the source said.

According to sources, Sinha’s discontent has prompted him to hold meetings with many of his supporters and leaders loyal to him to discuss his next course of action.

On Sunday, a person from Pradhan’s office had tried to contact Sinha but he remained out of reach. On Monday, Vijayvargiya tried to get in touch with Sinha but sources said the call got disconnected. Sinha, however, took Menon’s call but showed little interest in speaking to him.

“Menonji wanted to come to Rahulda’s place and meet him. But Rahulda said he would be busy,” the source said.

A section of BJP leaders feels Sinha doesn’t have the clout to harm the party in a big way. They believe that though Sinha is upset, he doesn’t have much choice and will remain loyal to the BJP.

In his video message, Sinha had said he would divulge his next course of action within 10-12 days. “Why do you think he is waiting for 10 days? He is just testing waters and trying to raise his value,” said a source close to state president Dilip Ghosh.