Jammu, May 18: BJP on Friday said, the Congress-led UPA should declare its Prime Ministerial candidate first and whether Rahul Gandhi is a stakeholder for the top job or not.
While insisting that BJP Parliamentary Board will take a decision regarding its PM candidate at an appropriate time BJP national general secretary and former Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah said, since UPA was in power, it should first take a decision in this regard.
"I am a BJP worker. I don't have any individual thinking. BJP Parliamentary Board will take a decision at the right time," Shah said when asked whether the party will project Narendra Modi as its PM candidate.
"UPA is in power, let them first decide whether their prince (Rahul Gandhi) is a stakeholder for the top job or he will be the Prime Minister. Let UPA first decide, after that the Opposition's case comes in question," he said.
Stressing that the Congress will face defeat in the upcoming general elections, Shah said, "One thing I know is that elections will be between Congress and BJP, and Congress in its entire history, will get the lowest number of seats this time around."
Asked about the comments made by Uma Bharti, Shah said that it was the media, which was associating Modi with Uma's comments and she had not said anything against the Gujarat Chief Minister.
"I have spoken to her and she has not said that, it is you who are attaching Modi to her comments. Where does Modi come in this?" he said.
Earlier in the week, Bharti had said that crowd puller factor does not make any leader a PM candidate.
Meanwhile, asked about the invitation extended by Pakistan's PM in-waiting Nawaz Sharif to Manmohan Singh, Shah said, "If someone is thinking in the right way, why should we doubt his intentions from the onset."
About the recent Chinese incursion in eastern Ladakh, the BJP general secretary said, "There is no need for change in policy, but strong attitude and appropriate steps are needed."
