How Narendra Modi won and Nitin Gadkari lost

May 24, 2012 15:50

According to BJP sources, Anshuman Mishra, the NRI who unsuccessfully tried to get a Rajya Sabha nomination from Jharkhand, lobbied on BJP President Nitin Gadkari's behalf in the latter's political battle with Narendra Modi.

Mishra tried hard to strike a deal for Modi's support to Gadkari's claim for a second term as party president.

Mishra called a contact in Ahmedabad -- one of the richest Gujaratis who owns thousands of acres of land and many industries all over Gujarat.

This Gujarati businessman bargained for Chief Minister Modi who is the key to his business empire.

As a result of the to-and-fro phone calls, it was decided that the only way Gadkari could buy peace from Modi was if BJP general secretary Sanjay Joshi -- Modi's bitter rival -- resigned from his post and the party.

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