Wednesday, September 14, 2011




The tussle for Prime Ministership between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi in 2014?

Narendra Modi definitely is angling for grabbing the post of Prime Minister, if his image building exercise is any indication. He feels the Supreme Court has let him alone, by not instantly cornering him in the communal genocide issue in Gujarat.

Now, a report on India by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a bipartisan and independent research wing of the US Congress, has found his regime something like first class.

And the same body has given out the impression that Narendra Modi would be the BJP candidate for Prime Ministership in 2014, when Lok Sabha elections are due next.
Which means, L.K.Advani has no chances. The report was given out before Advani decided to launch out on the corruption issue. The decision for a Bharat Yatra led by Advani against corruption came later.

No doubt, there was tussle for upper hand between Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, the second generation leaders after A.B.Vajpayee and L.K.Advani. If Narendra Modi settles the leadership issue, that would be well and good for the party.
And the CRS also affirms that the battle would be between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi in 2014.

Rahul Gandhi has so far been saying that he is not interested in being Prime Minister. But he could have gained first hand knowledge at governance, had he accepted ministership under Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.