New Delhi: After a
six-year hiatus, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reinducted Gujarat
Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the party's Parliamentary Board.
Modi's selection is seen as a major boost to his prime ministerial ambitions.
Also, Modi is the only chief minister included in the new team of office bearers.
BJP president Rajnath Singh, who met the party's patriarch LK Advani
this morning ahead of the major announcement, named former Gujarat home
minister Amit Shah, Varun Gandhi, Ram Lal, JP Nadda, Ananth Kumar,
Dharmendra Pradhan, Muralidhar Rao, Rajiv Rudy, Tapir Gao as general
secretaries of the party.
Shah had to quit as Gujarat home minister after the CBI accused him of
being part of the conspiracy to kill Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake
encounter.
Smriti Irani has been named BJP vice president.
Notably, the 11-member parliamentary board is the highest
decision-making body of the BJP and Modi’s elevation is being viewed as a
step to bring him to the forefront keeping in view the upcoming 2014
General Elections.
Meanwhile, the return of Amit Shah in the Parliamentary Board has reportedly split the party with a faction opposing it.
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