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What will Nitish do if Modi is PM candidate, asks Lalu
Monday December 03, 2012 05:05:41 PM,
IANS
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Patna: In the wake of
senior BJP leaders backing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi
for the job of prime minister, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu
Prasad Monday threw a challenge at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar, asking him to make clear his stance.
Lalu Prasad reminded the Bihar chief minister of a statement he
made a few months ago, that he would end his alliance with the BJP
if that party projected the Gujarat chief minister as prime
minister in the 2014 general elections.
"What will Nitish Kumar do if the BJP goes ahead and projects Modi
as prime minister candidate for the 2014 parliamentary polls, as
top BJP leaders like Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Gopinath
Munde have already supported Modi? That indicates the mood in the
BJP," Lalu told newspersons at Madhepura during his "parivartan
yatra" (journey for change).
Lalu said it was high time that Nitish Kumar made clear his stand
on the issue.
"Going by the statements of BJP leaders supporting Narendra Modi
for prime minister, Nitish Kumar should make it clear whether he
will endorse their stand or oppose it," Lalu Prasad said.
However, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Neeraj
Kumar said no formal announcement of a prime ministerial candidate
had been made by the BJP, and that the opinions so far expressed
were only of individuals.
"Lalu Prasad's remarks are related to the statements of BJP
leaders in their individual capacity. We have to wait till the
party makes a formal announcement," he said.
The JD-U has been vocal in its opposition to Narendra Modi coming
to the state.
Modi evokes strong reactions in Bihar, particularly from the
minorities, for his alleged involvement in the Gujarat riots in
which almost 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.
Tensions continue in Bihar over those riots, even though it is now
a decade since the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Nitish Kumar had earlier objected to his photographs with Narendra
Modi in newspaper advertisements during the BJP national executive
meeting in Patna in June 2010.
Several JD-U leaders had demanded that the Gujarat chief minister
should not be allowed to campaign during the Bihar assembly polls.
Nitish Kumar has claimed earlier that it would not take a minute
for his party to break ties with the BJP if the latter projected
Modi as its prime ministerial candidate.
Lalu also hit out at Narendra Modi during the 'parivartan yatra'
meeting, describing him as a communal leader responsible for
butchering hundreds of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002.
Earlier, Arun Jaitley had said that the Gujarat chief minister is
"very successful and popular and we will obviously praise him".
Sushma Swaraj had Saturday told reporters in Vadodara that Modi is
"definitely fit for the job (of prime minister), and there is no
doubt about it".
"Narendra Modi is capable of becoming prime minister and I am
satisfied with Sushma Swaraj's opinion... He has potential," Munde
had said in Ahmedabad.
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