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.
Rajdeep Sardesai says the BJP has gambled big time by putting all eggs in Narendra Modi‘s basket. If LK Advani, opposed to Modi becoming the PM candidate, decides to leave BJP, it will send shockwaves across the saffron party.
Singh's remarks on Modi came a day after party leader Arun Jaitley said that there should be no controversy over the issue of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate as that would be akin to committing a "hit-wicket" and turn out to be the only possible reason for the main opposition losing the upcoming general elections.
Accusing JD(U) of betrayal, Bihar BJP today said it had walked out of NDA despite repeated assurances that it would be consulted whenever the Prime Ministerial candidate is chosen.
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Bihar refused to meet the state's chief minister Nitish Kumar after uncertainities over the 17-year-old alliance between BJP and the JD(U) is on the verge of a split.
"I know my limitations. And I live and conduct myself according to my limitations." This was the response of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday when asked to comment on DMK chief M Karunanidhi's remarks that he was potential prime ministerial candidate.
Narendra Modi, whose hat-trick in Gujarat could possibly pitchfork him as a prime ministerial candidate of BJP in 2014, has always remained a leader with a difference, a personality you may love or hate but cannot ignore.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to identify the secular leader in NDA in the backdrop of the latter's call to the NDA to select a secular candidate to be its prime ministerial candidate in 2014 general elections.