<p>Narendra Modi’s hat trick may have boosted the BJP’s hopes for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, but its largest partners in the NDA coalition Janata Dal United -JD(U)- seems unimpressed by the Gujarat strong man and is in fact confident that the saffron party will not declare him as the Prime Ministerial candidate. <br /><br />While the apparent lack of enthusiasm amongst JD(U) leadership on Modi’s victory is pretty much on expected lines, there is also a visible sense of relief as the Chief Minister failed to cross the 117 mark he had set during the previous elections. <br /><br />“We are sure that they (BJP) would never project him as a prime ministerial candidate. They could not have done this even if Modi had won 150 seats. This can be done only when the party would not be in a position to comprehend political reality of the country,” a top JD(U) functionary told Deccan Herald while reacting to Thursday’s election results. <br /><br />“We hardly hide our reservations on Modi. We will never support him as a PM candidate. We do not have any alliance with BJP in Gujarat either. We contested Gujarat elections to oppose him and also won a seat,” the JD(U) functionary added. “If you ask me then I will say that Nitish Kumar is the better PM candidate. Narendra Modi has been elected as the head of the state as a Chief Minister, not a Prime Minister.” JDU MP Sabir Ali told a news channel. He also failed to find anything remarkable in his victory, “Modi has retained (the seats) he already had but there is no landslide.”<br />DH News Service</p>
<p>Narendra Modi’s hat trick may have boosted the BJP’s hopes for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, but its largest partners in the NDA coalition Janata Dal United -JD(U)- seems unimpressed by the Gujarat strong man and is in fact confident that the saffron party will not declare him as the Prime Ministerial candidate. <br /><br />While the apparent lack of enthusiasm amongst JD(U) leadership on Modi’s victory is pretty much on expected lines, there is also a visible sense of relief as the Chief Minister failed to cross the 117 mark he had set during the previous elections. <br /><br />“We are sure that they (BJP) would never project him as a prime ministerial candidate. They could not have done this even if Modi had won 150 seats. This can be done only when the party would not be in a position to comprehend political reality of the country,” a top JD(U) functionary told Deccan Herald while reacting to Thursday’s election results. <br /><br />“We hardly hide our reservations on Modi. We will never support him as a PM candidate. We do not have any alliance with BJP in Gujarat either. We contested Gujarat elections to oppose him and also won a seat,” the JD(U) functionary added. “If you ask me then I will say that Nitish Kumar is the better PM candidate. Narendra Modi has been elected as the head of the state as a Chief Minister, not a Prime Minister.” JDU MP Sabir Ali told a news channel. He also failed to find anything remarkable in his victory, “Modi has retained (the seats) he already had but there is no landslide.”<br />DH News Service</p>
