BJP Sunday said there is no rift amongNDA partners on the issue of Prime Ministerial candidate forthe 2014 general elections and the matter will decidedcollectively within the alliance.
"There are no issues or differences in BJP... There is noquestion of any internal rift in NDA or BJP. Before theelections, BJP and NDA will decide under whose leadership wewill fight the elections," BJP's National Vice PresidentMukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters here.
Naqvi was replying to a question on the sidelines of theparty's 'Chintan Baithak' (brainstorming session) here onreports of growing rift within NDA over the issue of PrimeMinisterial candidate in the 2014 general elections.
Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar hadearlier expressed reservation over the candidature of hisGujarat counterpart and BJP leader Narendra Modi for the toppost.
BJP President Nitin Gadkari had said on Friday that hehad discussed the issue of NDA's Prime Ministerial candidatewith Kumar and assured him that no decision has yet been takenon Modi being the party's choice for it.
Naqvi said, "In 2014 NDA will form its government androot out the corrupt Congress-led UPA government from power."