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Arun Shourie

Now, Shekhawat joins Modi-future-PM chorus

May 4, 2009

Former vice-president and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has come out in support of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi saying his name has been suggested for the post of prime minister because he deserves it.
Shekhawat, however, quickly added that L K Advani’s significance in the party has not diminished in any [...]

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Modi PM chorus grows stronger in BJP as Jaitley, Naidu chip in

April 26, 2009

More support on Saturday poured in from within the BJP for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the party’s prime ministerial candidate with senior leaders Arun Jaitley and M Venkaiah Naidu saying they would be happy to see him in the top post.
However, both Mr. Jaitley and Mr. Naidu made it clear that Advani is [...]

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Arun Shourie touts Narendra Modi as Advani’s successor

April 25, 2009

In what may be the first clear advocacy of Narendra Modi for PM by a senior BJP leader, former minister Arun Shourie said the Gujarat chief minister’s leadership of his state was exemplary as he had already implemented programmes being promised by political parties in their manifestos.
Speaking in Ahmedabad, Shourie suggested that it could be [...]

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