Gadkari quits as BJP prez, Rajnath set to take over

January 22, 2013 21:44

In a late night development, Nitin Gadkari has walked out of the BJP presidential polls.

According to sources, Rajnath Singh is set to take over the post.

Growing opposition to Gadkari probably forced the party to rethink on the issue.

A camp led by BJP patriarch L K Advani was against Gadkari's candidature after he was accused of financial impropriety. In fact, the name of Sushma Swaraj was also doing the rounds but a consensus seemed to have emerged on the name of Rajnath as he acceptable to all factions, including the RSS.

Rajnath Singh has been a former BJP president and has been considered to be one of the most successful of them all. He has also been a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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