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| India's Modi nominated as BJP's candidate for PM |
| 2013-09-14 |
| [Dawn] Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi was crowned as the candidate for prime minister of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday. BJP president Rajnath Singh made the announcement in a brief statement to journalists, cementing the remarkable rise of a leader adored by business, yet tainted by deadly religious riots that broke out on his watch. India is due to hold its largest-ever general elections within eight months. "I will work hard to achieve victory for the BJP in 2014 elections," Modi said afterwards, describing himself as a "small party worker" from a small town. From being the son of a tea-shop owner to running for leadership of one of the world's biggest democracies, Modi has methodically built a fervent fan base. However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... as a deeply polarising figure he has also managed to make enemies along the way - even within his own party. The nomination will pit the business-friendly chief minister of Gujrat against the centre-left Congress party, which is criticized as having turned jaded after a decade at the head of a testy ruling coalition. |
| Posted by:Fred |