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NEW DELHI: Despite pictures of apparent bonhomie between BJP president Rajnath Singh and Narendra Modiat the saffron strongman's swearing-in at Ahmedabad, the BJP found itself unable to answer queries about whether the Gujarat chief minister would be re-inducted into the parliamentary board.
The BJP president had dropped Modi from the parliamentary board earlier this year on the ground that no other BJP chief minister enjoyed a similar privilege. In propounding such a rationale, Singh had sought to bring Modi on par with other chief ministers like Raman Singh and Shivraj Singh Chauhan, ignoring his status as a senior BJP leader.
With BJP now hailing Modi's big win, party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad ducked a pointed query on Wednesday over whether the CM would be brought back into the parliamentary board. "He is a big leader, he will be used for campaigning," Prasad said, but refused to respond to whether Modi's position in the board would be restored..
The BJP president had dropped Modi from the parliamentary board earlier this year on the ground that no other BJP chief minister enjoyed a similar privilege. In propounding such a rationale, Singh had sought to bring Modi on par with other chief ministers like Raman Singh and Shivraj Singh Chauhan, ignoring his status as a senior BJP leader.
With BJP now hailing Modi's big win, party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad ducked a pointed query on Wednesday over whether the CM would be brought back into the parliamentary board. "He is a big leader, he will be used for campaigning," Prasad said, but refused to respond to whether Modi's position in the board would be restored..