Will come out with stand soon, says Nitish on Modi
11 Jun 2013 5:59 AM IST
JD(U), which is opposed to Narendra Modi’s projection as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, on Monday said it will discuss all aspects of his anointment as the campaign committee chief and will spell out its stand soon.
‘We have seen the report and have taken cognisance of the meanings implied in it. We will discuss it in the party. We will come out with our stand on the issue after examining the entire situation and considering all the aspects in the party’, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar told reporters.
Kumar, who has time and again expressed his antipathy towards Modi, refused to elaborate further on the issue, saying no more questions are required on this subject and advised reporters to keep their questions pending till JD(U) finalizes its response on the matter.
He also denied reports in a section of media that BJP president Rajnath Singh had talked to him before the decision on Modi's anointment.
‘There was no such conversation between me and Rajnath Singh. Such reports are baseless. I was in the Seva Yatra and no such talk could happen,’ he said.
Asked about JD(U) setting a deadline till November for BJP, Kumar said, ‘We will choose the timing.’
When repeatedly asked about the time-frame, he replied, ‘Soon.’
JD(U) is the second largest constituent of the BJP-led NDA and has strong reservations about Modi. Party leaders have time and again expressed their antipathy to Modi and the Bihar chief minister has been the most vocal among them.
‘We have seen the report and have taken cognisance of the meanings implied in it. We will discuss it in the party. We will come out with our stand on the issue after examining the entire situation and considering all the aspects in the party’, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar told reporters.
Kumar, who has time and again expressed his antipathy towards Modi, refused to elaborate further on the issue, saying no more questions are required on this subject and advised reporters to keep their questions pending till JD(U) finalizes its response on the matter.
He also denied reports in a section of media that BJP president Rajnath Singh had talked to him before the decision on Modi's anointment.
‘There was no such conversation between me and Rajnath Singh. Such reports are baseless. I was in the Seva Yatra and no such talk could happen,’ he said.
Asked about JD(U) setting a deadline till November for BJP, Kumar said, ‘We will choose the timing.’
When repeatedly asked about the time-frame, he replied, ‘Soon.’
JD(U) is the second largest constituent of the BJP-led NDA and has strong reservations about Modi. Party leaders have time and again expressed their antipathy to Modi and the Bihar chief minister has been the most vocal among them.
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