In 'Presidential Years' published by Rupa, Mukherjee says while Manmohan Singh was offered the Prime Ministerial post by Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi became Prime Minister through popular choice after leading the BJP to a historic victory in 2014
Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief is of the view that Rahul Gandhi had never prepared for the Prime Minister‘s post over the last 10 years that he has been in active politics.
LK Advani and Narendra Modi, the Gujarat Chief Minister at rally in Bhopal for the first time shared the dais after BJP had announced Modi as their prime ministerial candidate.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ruled out a possibility of a tie up with the Congress-led UPA government in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
BJP President Rajnath Singh today said he was "saddened" by the "unfortunate" walking out of JD-U from NDA and maintained that it would weaken the fight against Congress.