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BJP meet in Goa: Is deciding PM candidate on the agenda?

Jun 05, 2013

Who will be the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls? This is likely to be debated when leaders of the party meet in the Goan capital Friday to Sunday. #BJP #NewsTracker #2014 Lok Sabha polls #BJP PM candidate
Many candidates in BJP for PM's post: Raman Singh

Jun 05, 2013

Amid speculation over BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate rife, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh asserted there are many leaders in the party who stand competent to hold the top post. #BJP #Narendra Modi #TheySaidIt #Chhattisgarh #Raman Singh #Bhartiya Janata Party #BJP PM candidate
Gadkari denies assuring Nitish that Modi won't be PM candidate

Apr 18, 2013

Nitin Gadkari has clarified that he did not give any assurance whatsoever to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on not projecting his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi as the party's prime ministerial candidate for 2014 elections. #Narendra Modi #Nitin Gadkari #WhoSaidWhat #Nitish Kumar #BJP's PM candidate

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No assurance to JD(U) on PM candidate: BJP

2013-06-14 04:33:00

Please read our terms of use before posting comments The BJP today said no assurance has been given to ally JD(U), which is opposed to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's elevation as Election Campaign Committee head of the right-wing party, on who wi #Bharatiya Janata Party #Gujarat #Narendra Modi
Hindustan Times
Tough time for BJP

2013-06-17 20:06:00

No matter how one looks at the BJP after Narendra Modi's ascent as its campaign chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Nitish Kumar's resultant exit from the NDA, affairs within the saffron party are anything but fine. Between June 9 and 16 - after Modi' #Bharatiya Janata Party #Lok Sabha #Narendra Modi
MSN India
Akali Dal has no issues with BJP's PM candidate

2013-06-14 14:41:00

The Akali Dal president says his party will go with the NDA and rubbished all talk about a third front Amritsar: At a time when the Janata Dal-United seems all set to leave the NDA over the issue of prominence to Narendra Modi, the BJP's oldest ally, the #Bharatiya Janata Party #Sukhbir Singh Badal #Shiromani Akali Dal

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