Rift between BJP, JD-U surfaces again over Narendra Modi
Tuesday October 30, 2012 06:32:47 PM,
IANS
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Patna: The rift
between NDA allies Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal-United
(JD-U) in Bihar, over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's
projection as the alliance's prime ministerial candidate, again
surfaced Tuesday.
Soon after state BJP president C.P. Thakur told newspersons here
Tuesday that Modi will be the prime ministerial candidate of the
BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) if he won the
forthcoming assembly elections in Gujarat, JD-U leaders expressed
their strong reservation against this projection of Modi and even
threatened to snap ties with the BJP.
Thakur said that Modi will be the main contender for the prime
ministerial candidate if he regains power in Gujarat. "The result
of Gujarat polls in favour of Narendra Modi will help him to be
the prime ministerial candidate," he said.
Though Thakur said the BJP's national leadership would take the
final decision on the prime ministerial candidate, he noted the
outcome of the Gujarat elections would definitely be a deciding
factor.
JD-U national spokesperson Shivanand Tiwari said the JD-U has
already made its stand clear on the issue. "The JD-U and Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar have made views clear on the subject. There
is no need to repeat it again," he said in response to Thakur's
remarks.
JD-U MP Ali Anwar Ansari also reacted strongly. "I fail to
understand why some people are trying to give oxygen to an useless
issue," he said.
He also threatened that the JD-U will end its long ties with the
BJP if Modi will be projected as the prime ministerial candidate.
The JD-U has also been vocal in its opposition to Modi coming to
the state to campaign. Modi evokes strong reactions, particularly
from the minorities, for his alleged involvement in the Gujarat
riots in which almost 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.
Though it has been 10 years since the riots, tensions over the
isue continue in the state.
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.
He has also said 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.
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