Rajnath urges party leaders to stop speculation on PM nominee
Bhopal: BJP president Rajnath Singh has advised party leaders to stop the ongoing spate of speculations asserting that its party’s Central Parliamentary Board (CPB) which will take a final call on Prime Ministers candidate.
Pointing out that before the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, it was the CPB which had chosen L K Advani as BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Rajnath said, “Why do you want us to
change this practise now?”
He described Modi as a “very capable and popular leader”, but added there was no dearth of such good leaders in the BJP. At this stage, he said, it was “difficult to name any leader” acceptable both to the BJP and the entire NDA. Saying that he would like the BJP to come to power after 2014 General elections on its own, Rajnath added: “However, even if that happens, BJP will not forget the allies with whom it will fight the elections.”
When asked if there was any leader who could be acceptable to both his party and the allies like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the BJP President said “no two people in the world could be alike”.
