Defence ministry for M M Joshi, Advani to be sidelined?

May 20, 2014 10:32

The BJP parliamentary board meeting veteran leader L K Advani will be proposing Narendra Modi's name and senior leaders Venkaiah Naidu, Jaitley, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj among others will second it.

The buzz was that Advani could be touted as Lok Sabha speaker sources now say that the party patriarch could be asked to be a guiding light for the party, CNN-IBN reports.

Murli Manohar Joshi could be made the defence minister.

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