Modi anointed BJP’s PM candidate: Cong indifferent,SP says people will not accept him

DMK president M Karunanidhi indicated that he may not support Modi saying his party “would not go back on its ideology of opposing communalism,” while Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress said it was an internal matter of BJP.

“We simply cannot be bothered”,Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury told reporters when asked how Congress sees the Gujarat Chief Minister as the PM candidate of the BJP.

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Congress put up an air of nonchalance over Modi’s anointment after persistently targeting the Gujarat Chief Minister.

“How does it make a difference? How does it matter to us?”,Chowdhury asked just hours after the party accused RSS of forcing a decision on BJP over declaring Modi its Prime Ministerial candidate.

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“A Nagpur-based shadowy cabal of unaccountable geriatric gentlemen in period attire can ram decisions down BJP’s throat and call it internal democracy,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari alleged in a tweet before Modi was announced as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate.

“There could be possibly nothing more undemocratic than this,” he said.

Terming it as an internal matter of BJP,Union Minister Kapil Sibal said “some people want to advance their Diwali celebration,let me celebrate it but we will celebrate Diwali on time”.

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Asked if Modi poses a challenge to the Congress,he said,”We will be in election mode soon. As and when it comes,we shall deal with all political parties”.

Veteran CPI leader A B Bardhan said it would only pave the way for a revolt in BJP.

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Samajwadi Party,which is an outside ally of UPA,said people will never accept Modi,his ideology and policies.

“His dream will never come true”,said party leader Naresh Agrawal.

“It seems that as if Narendra Modi will become the PM without the general election. During childhood,we used to play a game in which one could even buy Juhu or Chowpatty as if we were owners of Mumbai…public will never accept his ideology and policies. This dream will never come true,” Agrawal said.

Congress leader Digvijay Singh had last night said the country will never accept Modi.

“Modi was not an issue for the Congress,” Digvijay said,adding his party was not fighting against any individual,but the ideology of spreading communalism.

TMC leader Derek O’ Brien said Modi’s anointment was an internal matter of BJP.

“We are a different political party. They have their own views,we have our own views,” he said.