Varanasi,BJP today made light of Rahul Gandhi’s
roadshow here saying there is no “personal fight” between him and Narendra Modi
and both had the right to campaign for their candidates.
“I don’t think Rahul Gandhi has come here
personally to defeat Modi and it is his right to campaign for Congress
candidate and Modi had also gone to Amethi for campaigning for BJP candidate
there,” senior party leader Amit Shah said.Modi had campaigned for BJP
candidate Smriti Irani ahead of polls in Amethi, from where Rahul Gandhi is in
fray — thus breaking an informal code of top BJP leaders staying away from the
Gandhi bastion.Therefore, Rahul’s massive roadshow today in Varanasi is being
seen as a retaliation measure on the part of the Congress.
However, the BJP’s general secretary reiterated party’s demand for
removal of returning officer of Varanasi for denying permission to a Modi rally
two days ago.“Things may not change even after appointment of a special
election observer, as long as local officers remain the same,” he said.The
Election Commission last evening appointed Tamil Nadu’s Chief Electoral Officer
Pravin Kumar as the special observer for Varanasi, where voting will take place
on May 12.Shah told reporters that the local administration was working “under
pressure” of the UP Government.
When asked whom BJP considers the bigger rival between AAP’s Arvind
Kejriwal and Congress’ Ajay Rai in Varanasi, Shah said that BJP has no
competition from any candidate.Shah also dismissed the talks about the possibly
becoming the next chief minister of Gujarat in the event of Modi becoming Prime
Minister.“My party will decide on my next role, the party has made me general
secretary and in-charge of UP and my aim is only to ensure that the party gets
more than 272 seats to form the next government,” Shah said.
Another BJP leader Arun Jaitley also continued his attack on local
authorities for allowing Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow today to pass through
Beniabagh, the same area where Modi was denied to hold a public rally two days
ago.“It was for political reasons that BJP was not allowed to hold this rally
and this would remain a black mark on the Indian democracy as a candidate was
denied permission for holding a rally in his own constituency.
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