New Delhi: The BJP wants to announce tomorrow that Narendra Modi will be its candidate for prime minister, according to sources, despite taut opposition from LK Advani, the party's senior-most leader.
Another dissenter, Sushma Swaraj, has reportedly asked for the decision to be taken on Monday after a meeting of the BJP's parliamentary board, a group of the 11 top decision-makers, which include Mr Modi.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh, determined to avoid delays in disclosing Mr Modi as the party's choice for PM, now has to decide whether the parliamentary board should vote on Mr Modi. Mr Advani has said he will vote against the Gujarat Chief Minister; Ms Swaraj may join him, said sources. Murli Manohar Joshi, another dissenter, has reportedly agreed to accept the majority's decision.
Another dissenter, Sushma Swaraj, has reportedly asked for the decision to be taken on Monday after a meeting of the BJP's parliamentary board, a group of the 11 top decision-makers, which include Mr Modi.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh, determined to avoid delays in disclosing Mr Modi as the party's choice for PM, now has to decide whether the parliamentary board should vote on Mr Modi. Mr Advani has said he will vote against the Gujarat Chief Minister; Ms Swaraj may join him, said sources. Murli Manohar Joshi, another dissenter, has reportedly agreed to accept the majority's decision.
The BJP chief said today that Mr Modi's political future will be decided "after talks"
So far, two meetings held between the president and Mr Advani have yielded no consensus. Continuing a strident but largely ineffectual campaign against the man who he once mentored, the 83-year-old has allegedly predicted a "political disaster" if the BJP outs Mr Modi as its presumptive prime minister. (Read)
The BJP's ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, believes that Mr Modi's surging popularity among party workers could extend to voters, and wants Mr Modi's candidature to be announced urgently. (Read: RSS, BJP discuss poll strategy for 2014)
Mr Advani claims that a campaign pivoted around Mr Modi will force the BJP to focus its campaign on defending the chief minister, who is regularly excoriated by other parties for being a divisive leader on account of the riots in his state in 2002, in which hundreds of Muslims were killed.
So far, two meetings held between the president and Mr Advani have yielded no consensus. Continuing a strident but largely ineffectual campaign against the man who he once mentored, the 83-year-old has allegedly predicted a "political disaster" if the BJP outs Mr Modi as its presumptive prime minister. (Read)
The BJP's ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, believes that Mr Modi's surging popularity among party workers could extend to voters, and wants Mr Modi's candidature to be announced urgently. (Read: RSS, BJP discuss poll strategy for 2014)
Mr Advani claims that a campaign pivoted around Mr Modi will force the BJP to focus its campaign on defending the chief minister, who is regularly excoriated by other parties for being a divisive leader on account of the riots in his state in 2002, in which hundreds of Muslims were killed.
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