Narendra Modi is India's most popular leader: Rajnath

April 06, 2013 17:09

Amid growing speculation over Narendra Modi's role in the next Lok Sabha polls, BJP president Rajnath Singh today remained non-committal on the issue of the party's prime ministerial candidate, even as he hailed the Gujarat chief minister as the most popular leader of the country.

"Nobody can overlook this truth about Modi being India's most popular leader at this moment. There are no two opinions about it," the BJP president said in an interview.

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