It is BJP's prerogative to choose the Prime Minister candidate: RSS

New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday said the issue of Prime Ministerial candidate is the prerogative of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), steering clear of Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani's remarks that its chief Mohan Bhagwat had agreed with his view that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was the best choice for the post.

"Meetings do take place. Whether the Sarsanghchalak was affirmative (with regard to Jethmalani's view) only he can tell you...you have one version of it. What is the other version can only be given by the RSS chief," RSS leader Ram Madhav said. He also said that such issues are discussed "among the top leaders of the organisation".

Madhav was responding to questions on Jethmalani's remarks that Bhagwat was in agreement with his view that the Gujarat Chief Minister was the best choice for the post of Prime Minister.

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Ram Jethmalani had said that Mohan Bhagwat had agreed that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was the best choice for the post.

The RSS leader said that in all these issues, while people go and express their views before the leadership, the organisation generally takes a position that "the matter should be decided by the party whether somebody should be projected as Prime Minister or not". "These issues are all prerogative of the party," Madhav said, stressing that RSS has a long standing position that "all such issues will only be decided by the party".

"They express their views with him, they convey their feelings but in matters like this, which are day-to-day political matters, the party will take a decision. The system is whenever such an issue is to be discussed, it is always discussed among the top leaders of the organisation.

"They all sit together and discuss these issues. They sit, people come and express their views before the RSS leadership. It should be taken in that light only," Madhav said downplaying Jethmalani's assertion.

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