Bal Thackeray roots for Sushma as BJP's prime minister

September 09, 2012 12:14

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has said that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj was the only leader in the ally BJP who would make a "deserving" prime minister.

In part three of his marathon interview, published by Sena mouthpiece Saamana today, Thackeray said: "At present there is only one person who is intelligent, brilliant -- Sushma Swaraj."

He was responding to the question who in the BJP could become the next prime minister. "I have said this many times... She would be a great choice for PM's post. She is a deserving, intelligent woman. She would deliver a great performance," the Shiv Sena patriarch added.

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