PTI
VADODARA, Jan 22: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was "compelled" to issue a statement about L K Advani remaining BJP's prime ministerial candidate after a row over it in the wake of two leading industrialists praising Modi's leadership, Congress secretary P Sudhakar Reddi claimed on Thursday.
P Sudhakar Reddi told newsmen here on Thursday that Modi, who was present at the concluding ceremony of Vibrant Gujarat summit where Anil Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal commended Modi's leadership qualities, "deliberately preferred to keep quiet" on it and was compelled to clarify his position after BJP leader Arun Jaitley said Advani would be prime ministerial candidate.
Addressing a women's convention in Panchmahal district on January 18, Modi had said Advani would be the prime minister if NDA was voted back to power.
Reddi wanted to know why Modi kept quiet for five days if he (Modi) was not in the race?