Rajnath replaces Narendra Modi as party’s election campaign chief
New Delhi: A fortnight after Narenda Modi’s appointment as BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Praty chief Rajnath Singh become the president of election campaign committee.
“Modi proposed Rajnath Singh’s name and it was accepted unanimously by all the Parliamentary Board members,” BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar told reporters.
While Sunday’s decision was taken without much ado, Modi’s elevation as election campaign committee chief on June 9 at the BJP conclave in Goa had created a lot of heat. The decision on Modi was then taken despite reservations of senior leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj.
Advani had even quit all party posts in protest but took back his resignation after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat intervened. JD-U, a key NDA ally for 17 years, had walked out of the coalition as it feared Modi’s elevation would wean away its Muslim voters.
The Parliamentary Board meeting today also discussed the ordinance on convicted MPs and MLAs. Kumar said the party appeals to the President of India not to sign the ordinance. The panel also discussed the voters’ right to reject and said with it the matter of compulsory voting naturally comes to the fore.
