Modi puts out a quit threat

Some 30 MLAs met Rana at the Circuit House Annexe in Ahmedabad for more than an hour on Wednesday. After the meeting, Rana looked worried and, while refusing to divulge what they were demanding, conceded that 8216;8216;the matter was serious and the party would have to sort it out soon.8217;8217;

Among those who met Rana were MLAs from Mehsana, Jamnagar, Amreli, Junagadh, Sabarkantha, and Vadodara. The most vocal was Jotana MLA Ishwarbhai Makwana, who said Modi must go if the BJP was to be saved. He said Modi had distanced himself from MLAs and also from ground realities, and demanded that Modi apologise for having insulted MLAs by walking out of Monday8217;s BJLP meeting.

Sources in the cabinet said Modi has refused to meet the rebel MLAs in groups but agreed to meet them individually.