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Narendra Modi is ’divisive’: JD(U), Advani phones Nitish, Sharad Yadav


Mangalore Today News Network/DHNS

Patna, June 12, 2013: Senior BJP leader LK Advani today reportedly called up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav amid speculation that the two parties might split over the elevation of Narendra Modi in the BJP.

Sources said Mr Advani emphasised that the two partners should contest next year’s Lok Sabha elections together as that would benefit the National Democratic Alliance or NDA - the national coalition that they partner in.

Mr Yadav is the convenor of the NDA; Mr Advani is its chairman.

 

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Nitish Kumar, sources in Bihar have said, is bristling at the growing hold of Mr Modi over the BJP and has asked his party legislators not to leave the state capital of Patna so that they can be consulted about ending the partnership.

Senior members of the JD(U) have attacked Mr Modi. Referring to the Gujarat Chief Minister’s drive to collect iron for what he claims will be the tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari said today, "Sardar Patel’s image should not be spoilt....His personality was to bring people together. Narendra Modi’s personality is divisive. Had he been here, Sardar Patel would have held him by his ear and pulled him out of power."

Another leader Narendra Singh, a senior minister in Bihar, said, "They have given the leadership in the hands of a tainted person....they want to continue with their fundamentalist politics. JDU will not tolerate this." He was referring to Gujarat’s communal riots 11 years ago in which hundreds of Muslims were killed during Mr Modi’s first term as Gujarat Chief Minister.

Only JDU President Sharad Yadav offered a note of restraint. "We will meet everyone and take their opinion.  We will decide after that," he said.

On Monday, when Mr Advani had resigned from all party posts, upset that the party over-ruled him to promote Mr Modi, Mr Yadav had warned that the JDU would reconsider its participation in the NDA.

Mr Advani was persuaded by his party to change his mind  on Tuesday evening. "Now that he has withdrawn his resignation, it is a different situation," said Mr Yadav.

Sources in the BJP say it has reconciled to a break-up, though officially there is talk of working things out. "If there are any struggles in the coalition, we will strive to do away with them," said BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who is the Deputy Chief Minister.


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