JDU squirms at Modi-for-PM demand, awaits BJP's official stand

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 19:01

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New Delhi: NDA ally JD(U) on Monday dismissed BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's demand for declaring Narendra Modi the Prime Ministerial candidate as his "personal" view while making it clear that it has no love lost for the Gujarat Chief Minister.

The party said it will wait for BJP's "official stand" on the issue as its leader Nitish Kumar has already conveyed JD(U)'s views on NDA Prime Ministerial candidate.

"Whatever we had to say on the issue (of who should be NDA's PM candidate) our leader Nitish Kumar has already conveyed to the BJP.... He has also spoken clearly about what kind of a person should be the Prime Ministerial candidate. So the ball is in BJP's court," JD(U) spokesperson Shivanand Tiwari told reporters.

Kumar, who has had reservations on sharing stage with Modi and his campaigning in Bihar, earlier broadly indicated to the BJP that the Gujarat Chief Minister with his Hindutva hardliner image will not be acceptable to JD(U) as the NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate. The Bihar Chief Minister had also said publicly that NDA's candidate for the post should be somebody who is secular and is acceptable across the board.

"JD(U) will react to whatever official stand BJP takes on the issue. We do not consider Sinha's statement as BJP's official view," Tiwari said, adding,"JD(U) does not need any suggestion on who should be made Prime Ministerial candidate or not. There is no need (for Sinha) to be in an advisory role."

But BJP's oldest NDA ally clarified that the Prime Ministerial candidate should be from the BJP.

"We have no objection and in fact we believe that BJP is the biggest party in the alliance so if it comes to forming a stable government, a leader from the BJP should become the PM. Nitish Kumar has already said this," Tiwari said.

PTI

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First Published: Monday, January 28, 2013, 18:38

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P S Mishra - Allahabad
There is nothing bad in Shri Yaswant Sinha`s opinion. Shri Modi is the fittest personality for PM candidate.The whole country wants to give him opportunity to serve this country as PM.

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nagappan nair - Thiruvananthapuram
Why the political parties are worried about the question of who is going to be the next Prime Minister. Why can`t they wait for the election and then decide by democratic method of election by the MPs I don`t know why people are making politics more `personal`

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M. Farooque - Siwan
We said Tiwari Ji.

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Chandra Shekhar A K - Chennai
Nitish Kumar is a little too interfering in the internal matters of the BJP. Who the BJP s for its prime ministership is its own business. At best he can either tag along with BJP or get out of the alliance. He cannot hope to impose his views on any other party. Having said that, BJP has precious little chance of ruling at the centre and Modi will be less than smart if he accepts to contest for for prime ministership at the centre letting go his far better position in Gujarat. In fact it will be better for BJP to consolidate its position in Gujarat where it rules best rather than attempt at ruling at the centre at all.