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Yashwant Sinha backs Modi as BJP's PM candidate
Monday January 28, 2013 07:27:15 PM,
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New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Monday endorsed Gujarat
Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate
from the party.
"Wherever I go, common people and party workers say they want
Narendra Modi to be the prime ministerial candidate from the BJP
and the party will benefit from it," Sinha told reporters here.
"After considering all aspects, I too feel that if BJP declares
him as the prime minister candidate it will make a huge difference
to the party," he said, adding that this was his personal view.
The BJP has so far maintained silence on the issue.
Asked if ally Janata Dal-United (JD-U) would agree to the choice
of Modi as the candidate for the top post, Sinha said he was
reflecting the mood of the people and partners should accept it.
"I am reflecting the mood of the country, and the mood of the BJP.
JD-U is a different party. My personal view is that if BJP
leadership were to project a prime ministerial candidate, other
partners should accept and should not make an issue about it,"
Sinha said.
"I refuse to accept the theory that some people in BJP are secular
and some are communal... that is a flawed argument I refuse to
accept."
JD-U, the second largest party in the BJP-led National Democratic
Alliance (NDA), has opposed Modi's selection as the prime
ministerial candidate of the alliance, saying he lacks secular
credentials.
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