Chennai/Bangalore, July 11: In the wake of Congress' Shimla Conclave decision to project Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister, the BJP and the RSS today gave notice that they may rake up her foreign origin as an issue during the Lok Sabha elections. "We, at our chintan baithak at Mumbai, had decided to make the development and performance of NDA government as the election issue. But now that the Congress, at their manthan shivir at Shimla has decided to project Sonia Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate, this might also become an election issue," BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu told a press conference here today. In Bangalore, RSS spokesman Ram Madhav said his organisation would take a position on Gandhi as prime ministerial candidate when it becomes an "issue".
Asked by reporters here if Gandhi as Prime Minister would be acceptable for the RSS, he initially said, "It's for the people to decide". But, he added, "It's not an issue now. When she (Gandhi) is projected as Prime Minister, everybody will express their views." Bureau Report