Crucial BJP-Sangh meet amidst 'Narendra Modi for PM' buzz on Sunday

September 07, 2013 10:50

CNN-IBN reports: Will Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party campaign committee chief Narendra Modi be declared the party's Prime Ministerial candidate ahead of the next elections?

That is the buzz ahead of the crucial co-ordination committee meeting of the RSS, BJP, VHP and other Sangh Parivar outfits being held in Delhi on Sunday. Sources say senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj have already made clear to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat their opposition to Modi's elevation ahead of assembly polls.

Sources told CNN-IBN that Advani and Sushma, who met the RSS chief to discuss Modi's anointment, also conveyed that the party wants to consult Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan before naming him as party's prime ministerial candidate.

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