New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have finalised its poll agenda and the leaders that it is planning to project as its face. Among the issues, everything including price rise has given way to terrorism as the topmost election agenda of the party for the preparation of next Lok Sabha polls in mid 2009. And, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the leading second generation leader within the party.
Sources close to BJP confirmed that Narendra Modi will be playing a far greater and a far bigger role in the 2009-general elections. A senior leader in the party, who was a minister during NDA regime said, "The stature of Narendra Modi has increased in past couple years," and added that he will be an asset for central politics of BJP. The party, now, has become more serious about his services at the centre.
Modi's increased frequency to Delhi is just another indication towards this changing trend in BJP politics. Modi, himself, seems to have launched the preparation for a stint at the centre, lest BJP/NDA is voted to power in next Lok Sabha elections. He has been voicing concerns at almost every interstate platform and in every meeting with Prime Minister about problems like internal security, terrorism, revenue sharing, federal policing, anti-terror laws and a host of other issues.
But, for the matter of record, none of the BJP leaders including its first man, L K Advani is ready to admit that Modi would be joining central politics. However, Advani himself, just after the National Executive meeting last year, suggested that Modi would be the 'next generation leader for BJP'. But, today when Modi shared a press dais with Advani, the prime ministerial candidate of the party said that there was nothing much to read between the lines.
He just said, "Modi is the best person to speak on terrorism because he has attained great success by solving Ahmedabad blasts." From the same dais, Advani also tried to put it across that anti-terror laws or actions (read Modi's action) was not against muslim community. To make it more emphatic, he claimed that many muslim groups called on him and said that the UPA linked the whole community with terrorism by scrapping POTA calling it against muslims. This was a clear effort by a leader of Advani's stature to cover up Modi's anti-muslim face. The coming months are likely to unfold similar things and put them under proper light.
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