New Delhi: The top leadership of the Janata Dal (United), a crucial ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, met in New Delhi on Saturday for a conclave amid voices within the party that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was not acceptable to them as the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) prime ministerial candidate.
add_main_imageDuring the two-day national executive, the JD(U) is expected to decide on the future of ties with the BJP in view of demands within the BJP for projection of Modi as the prime ministerial nominee.
As the meeting began, party general secretary K.C. Tyagi said JD(U) would not press the BJP to announce its decision on the prime ministerial issue and would give time to the ally to decide on the issue.NextMAds
“Yes, we can give time. All these are under discussion and we will take a final call tomorrow,” he said. “There is a view in the JD(U) that Modi not a consensus candidate even within the BJP, hence the party should be given time to set its house in order.”
While the JD(U) is willing to give the BJP time to decide, its member of Parliament Sabir Ali indicated the mood when he said, “Narendra Modi is not at all acceptable.”
Some leaders from the party said as there is still time for the Lok Sabha elections, it will not be correct to force another party to declare prime ministerial candidate at this juncture.
