New Delhi: The BJP is yet to take a decision on its candidate for the upcoming Presidential poll, even as the party virtually rejected Shiv Sena’s proposal for RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to be the ruling combine’s nominee.
Replying to a question on the BJP-led NDA’s candidate for the Presidential polls in July as the opposition was already working on putting up a joint candidate, BJP President Amit Shah told an Aaj Tak event in an interview that a decision is yet to be taken.
“Even if I have a name on my mind, it has to be discussed within the party first,” he said.
He also rejected the Shiv Sena’s proposal regarding Bhagwat, saying the RSS has itself ruled out any such idea.
To questions on Kashmir, Shah said there was no need for even an “iota of concern” over the situation in the state which has witnessed months of unrest, and asserted that the Narendra Modi-led government will control it soon.
‘There is a big gap between the reality and the projection’ of the Kashmir situation and the trouble was confined to ‘three and half districts’, he said.
The government was keeping a sharp vigil over the situation and the Valley has witnessed many spells of such unrest in the past, before the situation has normalised, he said. (PTI)
