Bihar Chief Minister and Janta Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar has sought an assurance from Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari that it would decide on its Prime ministerial candidate with the proper consultation of its allies.
Gadkari gave this assurance to Nitish when he recently sought a guarantee from the saffron partner that it would not project Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the 2014 parliamentary polls.
According to sources, Kumar sought the specific assurance from Gadkari at a quiet meeting they had here on 25 July.
Central opposition party president said an interview that he has discussed the issue of NDA prime ministerial candidate with ally and Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar and assured him that no decision has yet been taken on Narendra Modi being the party's choice for the top post.
He was replying to a question on Kumar's objection to Modi being NDA's prime ministerial candidate.
"If his and our ideology was the same, would not we be one party? He has a right to differ," Gadkari said.
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