New Delhi: A day after the BJP’s mouthpiece targeted Narendra Modi, the RSS stepped into the debate, with its mouthpiece Panchjanya expressing concern over the Gujarat CM’s hardline stand against his detractor Sanjay Joshi. It said the BJP should not project anyone as its prime ministerial candidate.
Referring to “reports” about Modi not letting Joshi travel by train through Gujarat, the RSS journal cautioned Modi against coming off as an intolerant leader. “Whatever be the truth in the reports, BJP’s opponents get an opportunity to attack the party if such a popular leader (Modi) acquires an image of being intolerant who cannot take his colleagues along,” it says.
Suggesting Modi is not the obvious choice for PM, it said, “There is no doubt that besides the CMs of its states, many among BJP’s central leaders also have the competence required of a PM.” The weekly column M a n t h a n by Devendra Swarup, who is well-regarded in Sangh circles, is gushing in its praise for Modi’s accomplishments, including how he has come out unscathed of the efforts, “at the instance” of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, to ensnare him in court cases and a plethora of SIT investigations. Yet the column — coming close on the heels of the dig at Modi in BJP’s mouthpiece K a - m a l S a n d e s h— is bound to further roil the already troubled waters.
The column criticizes the attempt by former Gujarat CMs Keshubhai Patel and Suresh Mehta and other detractors of Modi to mobilize Patels along caste lines and alleges that they could have been incited by the Congress chief. However, it argues that the fact that these senior leaders had to resort to such means underscores the need for Modi to have a “relook at his style of functioning and organization capabilities”.
The veteran saffron columnist has also said that the BJP should refrain from naming its choice for PM before the parliamentary polls, thanks to its democratic organizational structure and can also counter Congress’s “dynastic politics”. “BJP’s democratic organizational structure should be left for the members of the victorious parliamentary party. BJP should take such a principled stand in case it intends to make dynastic politics a campaign theme for the 2014 polls,” Swarup contended.
Referring to “reports” about Modi not letting Joshi travel by train through Gujarat, the RSS journal cautioned Modi against coming off as an intolerant leader. “Whatever be the truth in the reports, BJP’s opponents get an opportunity to attack the party if such a popular leader (Modi) acquires an image of being intolerant who cannot take his colleagues along,” it says.
Suggesting Modi is not the obvious choice for PM, it said, “There is no doubt that besides the CMs of its states, many among BJP’s central leaders also have the competence required of a PM.” The weekly column M a n t h a n by Devendra Swarup, who is well-regarded in Sangh circles, is gushing in its praise for Modi’s accomplishments, including how he has come out unscathed of the efforts, “at the instance” of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, to ensnare him in court cases and a plethora of SIT investigations. Yet the column — coming close on the heels of the dig at Modi in BJP’s mouthpiece K a - m a l S a n d e s h— is bound to further roil the already troubled waters.
The column criticizes the attempt by former Gujarat CMs Keshubhai Patel and Suresh Mehta and other detractors of Modi to mobilize Patels along caste lines and alleges that they could have been incited by the Congress chief. However, it argues that the fact that these senior leaders had to resort to such means underscores the need for Modi to have a “relook at his style of functioning and organization capabilities”.
The veteran saffron columnist has also said that the BJP should refrain from naming its choice for PM before the parliamentary polls, thanks to its democratic organizational structure and can also counter Congress’s “dynastic politics”. “BJP’s democratic organizational structure should be left for the members of the victorious parliamentary party. BJP should take such a principled stand in case it intends to make dynastic politics a campaign theme for the 2014 polls,” Swarup contended.
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