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Modi as PM? Celebrities tussle at Taj Litfest
Sunday February 03, 2013 10:59:08 PM,
IANS
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Agra: More than
literature, it was politics that got highlighted at the concluding
day of the Taj Literature Festival Sunday with a tussle over
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial
candidate.
Author Shobha De targeted Modi for post-Godhra riots and ruled out
his candidature for prime ministership. She said if the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) wanted to project him as its candidate for the
top post, "Why don't they announce his name right now?"
BJP leader Vani Tripathi countered her, saying: "When the time
comes, it will be done."
Ad guru Prahlad Kakkar was more categorical. He not only supported
Modi but said the youths of India want him.
The big gathering did not support De, as no one appeared to agree
with her.
Other leaders did not fare well.
Photographer Raghu Rai termed Congress's new vice president Rahul
Gandhi a "bhaiyya," while De said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav was ok in parts, but appeared to have lost his
political track.
Kakkar said the country needed a strong dose of purgative to get
rid of constipation.
Media persons tried hard to drag writers and celebrities into
controversial politics, but they most carefully avoided making any
critical political comments, perhaps learning from the fallout of
Jaipur Festival.
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