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LS polls to be a referendum on leadership, quasi-presidential: Jaitley

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid mounting speculation over Narendra Modi being declared as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, party leader Arun Jaitley today said the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would be a “referendum” on leadership and well turn into

PTI PTI Updated on: September 11, 2013 19:23 IST
ls polls to be a referendum on leadership quasi
ls polls to be a referendum on leadership quasi presidential jaitley

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid mounting speculation over Narendra Modi being declared as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, party leader Arun Jaitley today said the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would be a “referendum” on leadership and well turn into a “quasi-presidential” contest.




Though he did not name the Gujarat Chief Minister or any other BJP leader, Jaitley said: “When the principal opposition party, which has a proven leadership, throws up a powerful personality, the elections could become quasi-presidential in nature.”

Stating that the country had been “suffering hugely” due to leadership crisis under the UPA rule, Jaitley berated the Central Government for its “indecisiveness” and singled out
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the attack.

“The elections will also be a leadership referendum when people are disillusioned with a leaderless situation,” the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha said.

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