Mangalore:Senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojari has said that the BJP had nominated Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate out of pressure from the RSS.
Speaking to reporters at the District Congress Office on September 14, Saturday, he chose to describe the latest act of the BJP as a blunder.Continuing,Poojari said the nomination of Modi only reveals that the BJP plans to saffronise the country. Referring to Advani,Poojari said the party had dumped a man who built the party.He also felt that Modis nomination as PM candidate has left the BJP divided.
Stating that Modi had spoiled the peace and harmony in Gujarat where hundreds have lost their lives in communal riots, Poojari said Modi will ruin the country too in case he became the prime minister.
Congress leaders Vijaykumar Shetty,Kallige Taranath Shetty,Harkrishna Bantwal, Ivan DSouza,Mohammad Masood and others were present.