In spite of its upper caste character, the Sangh Parivaar has shown greater foresight than the Congress in cultivating and promoting leaders from lower castes to positions of power in the BJP. Kalyan Singh, Bangaru Laxman, Uma Bharti and Shivraj Chauhan are some examples. Should Modi lead the NDA to more than 200 seats, he will be the first lower caste claimant from the party for the prime ministership.
Modinama 2014 News Stream
Modi accuses Congress of patronising Indian Mujahideen for Vote Bank politics
Narendra Modi has reverted to his original communal agenda by equating terrorism with Muslims and the Congress and Samajwadi Party as beneficiaries of Muslim vote-bank politics. He has projected himself as the only “unstoppable” force against the politics of “pistols, guns and bombs” who will make terrorists “bow down” and finish them from their “roots”.
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha’s clear message to Modi: PM’s job is not same as CM’s job
PM aspirant Narendra Modi’s Achilles heel is within his own party – the BJP, party with a difference. Gung-ho in his journey towards the PM’s chair with hyperbole and distortion of facts as company, it could well be his own party leaders who could pull the rug from under his heavy feet.
Govt rejects BJP rant for SPG cover for Modi
The threat perception to his life has been effectively used by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate to his benefit in his home state Gujarat. Now his party is trying to use the same bogey to get Narendra Modi SPG security befitting the country’s prime minister, which even the law of the land does not allow.