Narendra Modi may pose challange to Rahul Gandhi in 2014 Lok Sabha elections: Times
WASHINGTON: Time magazine said in a report that Narendra Modi may pose challange to Rahul Gandhi in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Times said, “With two years left before the next national election in 2014, Congress hopes its young scion, Sonia’s son Rahul, will refresh the party, but a resounding loss in a recent state election makes him look vulnerable”.
Jyoti Thottam said that Modi, 61 is the only contendor to challenge Rahul Gandhi.
Magazine says,”Many Indians recoil at any mention of a man whose name is indelibly linked to Gujarat’s brutality of 2002; choosing him as
India’s leader would seem a rejection of the country’s tradition of political secularism and a sure path to increased tension with Muslim Pakistan, where he is reviled”.
“Gujarat’s USD 85 billion economies may not be the largest in India, but it has prospered without the benefit of natural resources, fertile farmland, and a big population center like Mumbai or a lucrative high-tech hub like Bangalore. Gujarat’s success, even Modi’s detractors acknowledge, is a result of good planning — exactly what so much of India lacks,” the magazine said.
