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Rajnath Singh virtually anoints Modi as PM candidate

New York, Jul 22: Ruling himself out of the prime ministerial race, BJP President Rajnath Singh yesterday virtually anointed Narendra Modi as its man to the top job if the party comes to power after

PTI Updated on: July 22, 2013 6:21 IST
On the question of poll promises, he said BJP would rather go in for developmental debate than Ram Janma Bhoomi issue. “Ram temple was not a major poll issue anytime. It was at best a national issue but not an election issue,” he added.



Accompanied by party MP Ananth Kumar, and leaders Vijay Jolly and Sudanshu Trivedi, Singh will present a key note address on India, Afghanistan and regional security at a conference in Washington on Tuesday.

People of India have now realised that BJP is the only solution after comparing the performance-oriented NDA government and corruption-ridden inefficient Congress-led UPA dispensation, he said.

The performances of several BJP-ruled states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh are there for the people to see and if these states can provide 24 hour power supply, clean and efficient government, fillip to industries compared to poor performance of many Congress-ruled State governments what would people prefer? People have made up their mind, he said.

Detailing steps taken by the BJP to face the national elections in 2014, he said the party had brought changes in organisational level by forming polling booth committees in every booth.

“We have formed a committee consisting of 10 to 15 party men at grass root level to strengthen the organisation at village level,” he said.

Congress ruled for 10 long years at national level and what are their achievements other than “wholesale corruption and compromise” in national and international security, he asked.

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