RSS supports Narendra Modi as PM, slams Nitish Kumar - Times of India
"To keep alive the Hindutva ideology, the Hindu 'samaaj' (society) should come together. And the country should have a prime minister who believes in that ideology or propounds that view," Bhagwat told reporters.
Bhagwat's comments came a day after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar hit out at Narendra Modi without naming him and said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, should announce a secular PM candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Nitish Kumar on Tuesday made it clear that Modi is unacceptable as an NDA candidate for PM. "Will Nitish decide what sort of person makes a good PM?" Bhagwat questioned. He also slammed Nitish Kumar and said that he is scared to call himself a Hindu.
The RSS support for Modi comes a day after Bihar CM and JD(U) strongman Nitish Kumar said publicly that the NDA's prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections should be "secular and liberal". This was seen in political circles as his rejection of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as a possible candidate for the PM's post.
Kumar said in an interview to ET that the leader of a coalition should have secular credentials and a liberal frame of mind. Nitish slammed NDA and asked it to declare its PM candidate well ahead of the Lok Sabha elections so that people get to know whom they would vote for.
Attacking Modi is being seen as Kumar's attempt to establish his credentials among Bihar Muslims.
(Inputs from IANS)
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New Delhi: Mohan Bhagwat, Rashtriya Seva Sangh (RSS) chief slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his statement that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) should have a secular Prime Minister nominee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. As per the reports, Bhagwat supported Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as NDA’s Prime Ministerial candidate and said that Nitish was afraid of calling himself a Hindu.
Mohan also said that India should have a PM, who brings forward Hindutva. Attacking the JD(U) strongman, he asked that will Nitish decide what sort of person makes a good prime minister.
Nitish’s comment was seen as his rejection of Modi as a possible candidate for the PM’s post. Kumar demanded that NDA should declare its candidate before the Lok Sabha polls, for the voters to know, whom they would vote for.
Supporting Nitish, his party leader Shivanand Tiwari said that NDA was defeated in the 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha elections as the seculat votes went to the UPA.
"We have an alliance with the BJP and not with Modi. Whether we remain in the NDA or not, we will not compromise on secularism."
JD(U) MLC Devesh Chandra Thakur said "I don't think any one in this country will be surprised by the statement of Mohan Bhagwatji. Our ideology is different. Unfortunately RSS narrows down the ideology of Hinduism. Modi has a RSS back ground and it is obvious that the RSS will support him. There is no surprising element in this.”
Sources say that Kumar targeted Modi in an attempt to establish his credentials among Bihar Muslims.
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"To keep alive the Hindutva ideology, the Hindu 'samaaj' (society) should come together. And the country should have a prime minister who believes in that ideology or propounds that view," Bhagwat told reporters here.
Bhagwat's comments came a day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hit out at Narendra Modi without naming him and said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, should announce a secular prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Nitish Kumar Tuesday made it clear that Modi is unacceptable as an NDA candidate for prime ministership.
"Will Nitish decide what sort of person makes a good PM?" Bhagwat questioned.
He also slammed Nitish Kumar and said that he is scared to call himself a Hindu.
The Nitish-Modi rivalry has been on a high for the past few days. Modi took a dig at politicians from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for what the Gujarat chief minister called "resort to caste-based politics".
Nitish Kumar then said that Modi, who has been a constant irritant in the JD(U)-BJP coalition ties in Bihar, should mind his own business instead of making comments on others.
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