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department at the Jamia Millia Islamia here, that Modi does not have a chance to grow nationallyHe said<br />
within the party there was resentment against Modi -- in Gujarat and elsewhere -- and the ghost of 2002<br />
will haunt him "I don't think there is any question of him becoming the prime ministerial candidate. He<br />
(Modi) doesn't have national appeal. The ghost of Godhra will never go away," Haq told IANSIn any case,<br />
the Lok Sabha ballot is two years away. "Things can change drastically. Winds can blow in Congress<br />
favour," he addedBut Narasimha Rao feels the old guard in the party will fall in lineThe Congress is<br />
keeping away from the Modi story vis-a-vis 2014 "It is an internal matter of BJP. But the people of the<br />
country will decide who is secular and who is not," Congress spokesman Rashid Alvi told IANS (DNA<br />
27/5/12)<br />
Four KFD activists arrested in connection with attack on Bajrang Dal leader (26)<br />
Mysore, May 28, 2012: The Kodagu police have arrested four activists of the Karnataka Forum for Dignity<br />
(KFD) in connection with the attack on Kodagu Bajrang Dal leader Ganesh (Nanda Kumar), near Madikeri<br />
on May 23. They names of the arrested were given as Khaleel Pasha, Javed, Junaid, and Hamid. They<br />
were remanded in judicial custody till June 2 after they were produced at the court on Saturday. Two<br />
motorcycles and lethal weapons used by the accused were confiscated by the Madikeri police. The<br />
accused, who were riding two motorcycles, had stopped Ganesh's car on the Madikeri-Somwarpet Road<br />
on the night of May 23 and attacked him. Ganesh was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here<br />
and is stated to be out of danger. Hindutva organisations planned to take out a march and stage a dharna<br />
at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Madikeri on May 29 to protest against the attacks on Ganesh,<br />
secretary of the Kodagu Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) unit, C.N. Somesh told presspersons in Madikeri<br />
on Sunday. No one should ignore the feelings of the members of the Hindu communities, he said. The<br />
procession would begin from the Sri Chowdeshwari temple in Mahadevpet in Madikeri after a puja at<br />
10.30 a.m. on May 29. It would pass through the main streets and converge at the Deputy<br />
Commissioner's office to stage a dharna, Mr. Somesh said. Representation would be submitted to the<br />
Deputy Commissioner to deal sternly with the accused. Those who tried to meddle with the Hindu<br />
sentiments would have to face serious consequences, he said. The Kodagu district administration and the<br />
police must take the issue seriously, he said. Mr. Somesh said a police officer in Kodagu had connived<br />
with anti-Hindu elements which attempted to murder Ganesh. A complaint would be lodged against the<br />
officer with the Home Minister and inquiry sought to ascertain the role of the officer. Bajrang Dal local<br />
leaders Roy Thammaiah and P. Ramesh, VHP leaders M.B. Devaiah and I.M. Appaiah were present.(The<br />
Hindu 29/5/12)<br />
RSS prepares BJP for rise of 2nd generation (26)<br />
New Delhi: With the RSS signalling the marginalisation of 85-year-old L.K. Advani, the saffron brigade is<br />
set to witness the rise of three leaders — Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the Opposition<br />
in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari. Sources disclosed that while Mr Gadkari,<br />
who got a second term cleared by the RSS, will be controlling the organisation, the party will tacitly<br />
project both Mr Modi and Mr Jaitley as the party’s future leaders, along the lines of the Atal-Advani pair.<br />
While the RSS is miffed with Mr Advani for criticising Mr Gadkari in his blog, it has already made it clear<br />
that the party will now be run by second-generation leaders. If Mr Modi is considered one of the BJP’s<br />
prime ministerial candidates, Mr Jaitley is the BJP’s main trouble-shooter and is also considered as a PM<br />
candidate from the party. Both Mr Modi and Mr Jaitley share a good rapport; Mr Jaitley is a Rajya Sabha<br />
MP from Gujarat. On many occasions, Mr Jaitley has bailed the party out of crises, the most recent being<br />
Karnataka and Rajasthan. Mr Jaitley, sources said, not only pacified former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara<br />
Raje, who threatened to quit the party recently, but his intervention in Karnataka, where former CM B.S.<br />
Yeddyurappa had staged a revolt against the party, saved the ruling BJP from a split. Speculation has<br />
been rife that after the Gujarat Assembly polls, Mr Modi will be brought into the national political scenario.<br />
A recent assessment by the RSS has shown that its cadre is in favour of Mr Modi becoming the BJP’s PM
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