Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh has expressed hope that Narendra Modi will become the next prime minister and himself continuing as the party president.
“I am sure that BJP alliance will get 272 plus seats and Narendra Modi will become next Prime Minister,” Singh told reporters when asked about possibilities of his name being put forward for the top post if BJP did not get majority.
To a question about alleged RSS intervention in declaration of tickets and other decisions, Singh said that it was not so.
“People think all decisions are taken by party president himself…It is not so in BJP. The decision of ticket distribution is taken at state and national level election committees. And after differences, if some decision is taken everyone used to follow it,” he said when asked about dispute in ticket distribution.
About Uttar Pradesh, Singh said that his party would win 50-60 seats (out of 80) and the party will declare candidates for Amethi, Raebareli and Banda in next two to three days.
On taking B Sriramulu in the party and Sushma Swaraj being upset with the decision, Singh said Sriramulu was close to Janardan Reddy brothers and Swaraj did not want to generate controversy as she was also considered close to the Reddys earlier.
“Sushmaji did not want any controversy and we advised her to put forth his view through tweet,” he said.
