Modi fits the bill, but no decision yet: Naidu
22 Dec 2012 7:42 AM IST
Amid a debate on BJP projecting Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said the party would take a call on the issue before the 2014 general elections.
‘No senior leader has so far made any announcement on making someone as prime ministerial candidate. Many friends, well-wishers and non-political persons are giving this suggestion. There is a nation-wide debate going on over this.
It is a matter of pride for us, he said.
‘He (Modi) has all the qualifications, ability to be prime minister. But elections will be held in 2014. The party leadership will discuss the issue before elections and decide on who should lead the party for elections, whether to project someone as prime minister. So far, the party has not discussed about the prime ministerial projection and we have not taken any decision,’ he told reporters here. Naidu was replying to a query on the saffron party’s prime ministerial candidate and that some senior leaders appeared to have endorsed Modi’s candidature for the top post.
The former BJP president said Modi, though a chief minister, is already a national leader whom the party consulted on important issues.
The party always took Modi’s views on crucial issues concerning the nation and would continue to do so, the former union minister said. Replying to a query, Naidu said he is not aspiring for any post as the party had already given him a lot. ‘Let me make it very clear. I have no intention whatsoever. Party has given me everything beyond my capacity. I am not aspiring to become anything, party president or anything else.’
BJP’s victory in the Gujarat elections was comprehensive as it was spread across all regions of the state, Naidu said.
MODI KNOCKS ON DOORS OF DELHI, SAYS UDDHAV
After the resounding hat-trick in the Gujarat elections, chief minister Narendra Modi is now ‘knocking on the doors of Delhi’, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday.
The Shiv Sena executive president said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna that Modi had more or less repeated his past performance.
‘Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi and other top Congress leaders called Modi all kinds of names. Even the CBI was used to contain Modi. All NGOs painted Modi as a villain at the international level, but it was all in vain,’ Thackeray said.The Gujarat Parivartan Party, headed by former chief minister Keshubhai Patel also tried to contain Modi but failed, Thackeray noted.
By the end of the day on Thursday, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee chief Arjun Modwadia had to quit. Even Leader of Opposition in the outgoing house S S Gohil had to bite the dust of defeat, he pointed out.
‘No senior leader has so far made any announcement on making someone as prime ministerial candidate. Many friends, well-wishers and non-political persons are giving this suggestion. There is a nation-wide debate going on over this.
It is a matter of pride for us, he said.
‘He (Modi) has all the qualifications, ability to be prime minister. But elections will be held in 2014. The party leadership will discuss the issue before elections and decide on who should lead the party for elections, whether to project someone as prime minister. So far, the party has not discussed about the prime ministerial projection and we have not taken any decision,’ he told reporters here. Naidu was replying to a query on the saffron party’s prime ministerial candidate and that some senior leaders appeared to have endorsed Modi’s candidature for the top post.
The former BJP president said Modi, though a chief minister, is already a national leader whom the party consulted on important issues.
The party always took Modi’s views on crucial issues concerning the nation and would continue to do so, the former union minister said. Replying to a query, Naidu said he is not aspiring for any post as the party had already given him a lot. ‘Let me make it very clear. I have no intention whatsoever. Party has given me everything beyond my capacity. I am not aspiring to become anything, party president or anything else.’
BJP’s victory in the Gujarat elections was comprehensive as it was spread across all regions of the state, Naidu said.
MODI KNOCKS ON DOORS OF DELHI, SAYS UDDHAV
After the resounding hat-trick in the Gujarat elections, chief minister Narendra Modi is now ‘knocking on the doors of Delhi’, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday.
The Shiv Sena executive president said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna that Modi had more or less repeated his past performance.
‘Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi and other top Congress leaders called Modi all kinds of names. Even the CBI was used to contain Modi. All NGOs painted Modi as a villain at the international level, but it was all in vain,’ Thackeray said.The Gujarat Parivartan Party, headed by former chief minister Keshubhai Patel also tried to contain Modi but failed, Thackeray noted.
By the end of the day on Thursday, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee chief Arjun Modwadia had to quit. Even Leader of Opposition in the outgoing house S S Gohil had to bite the dust of defeat, he pointed out.
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