Gujarat polls will help NDA choose Nitish or Modi for PM: BJP

The Gujarat assembly polls may turn out to be a catalyst in determining who is a better candidate from the NDA to be the next prime minister -- Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi or his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar."Though it is the central BJP leadership that can settle the PM nominee debate between Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar, I believe Gujarat election result will hold the key. If Modi gets a thumping majority, who knows he can be a frontrunner in the NDA PM candidate race," Bihar BJP president and Rajya Sabha parliamentarian CP Thakur told The Indian Express.[caption id="attachment_507497" align="alignleft" width="380"] Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Image courtesy PIB[/caption]Thakur said although there are some differences with the Janata Dal-United, the overall relationship between the two parties is good. However, he added that NDA is yet to take a decision on the prime ministerial candidate.The BJP was happy with Nitish Kumar for saying that JD-U and BJP would contest the next Lok Sabha polls together, the MP told The Indian Express.BJP leaders from each state are campaigning in both the poll-bound states.