Modi magic may not work everywhere: Sushma

Replying to media queries on why Narendra Modi was not invited to campaign in Bihar after the BJPs grand victory in municipal elections in Gujarat,Swaraj said: Narendra Modi is magician of Gujarat whereas Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi are Bihar magicians. What is the need of Narendra Modi here?

Sensing that her statement could give rise to a controversy vis-a-vis the BJPs internal politics,she immediately added that Nitish Kumar had not put any precondition before the BJP for the Bihar campaign.

BJP and JD-U are separate parties with different sets of political ideologies. We are bound by a common minimum programme, Swaraj said.

L K Advani,while campaigning in Hajipur and Bettiah,unlike his earlier speeches,refrained from mentioning Gujarat as a model of development.

Now even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has conceded that Bihar has made rapid progress in the past five years. When the PM accuses the NDA government of taking credit for development with Central funds,it surely means that the Congress has accepted the states progress, Advani said.