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New Delhi, Apr 27: Congress has termed as 'theatre of the absurd' the attempt by some influential BJP leaders to anoint Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as a would-be prime ministerial candidate in the middle of general elections.
"These BJP leaders are projecting Modi as a future choice because they see Advani as an utter failure," party spokesman Kapil Sibal said.
Sibal added, "The unseemly haste in coronating Modi even before the poll process is over is only a desperate move by these leaders to make themselves relevant in the politics of their party." Describing Advani as both "uninspiring and confused", Sibal claimed that all the issues the BJP's PM candidate had raised failed to click.