Modi gets RSS nod to raise Ram temple issue in 2014 polls RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday endorsed BJP poll campaign chief and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s plan to raise the Ram temple issue in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. This emerged in a meeting – which lasted for two-and-a-half hours -- between Modi and Bhagwat at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur on Tuesday evening, sources said. The RSS also indicated Modi that it could consider him as the prime ministerial candidate if the BJP-led NDA comes to power in the 2014 general elections. Bhagwat told the BJP leader that without compromising on the Ram temple issue, the party should emphasise the development agenda in the run-up to the elections, the sources said. Though senior RSS functionaries, including general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi, were present at the RSS headquarters, the Sangh preferred one-on-one discussions between Modi and Bhagwat. Ramlal, the powerful BJP general secretary (organisation), who is the linkman between the RSS and the BJP, was called into the meeting for a few minutes and asked to convey the outcome of the talks to all senior BJP leaders. Modi, who arrived in Nagpur from Odisha, met the RSS leadership for the first time after his elevation as the BJP’s poll campaign chief in June. The BJP strongman from Gujarat met other senior Sangh leaders, including RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi, after meeting Bhagwat. hindustantimes/ India-news/Maharashtra/Modi-gets- RSS-nod-to-raise-Ram-temple-issue- in-2014-polls/Article1-1093555 .aspx
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:26:24 +0000
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