Rajnath Singh virtually anoints Modi as PM candidate

BJP clearly is of the view India and the US has a close correlation in internal and external security and a strategic partner being natural allies, he said.  Singh said it was NDA government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee that gave voting rights to NRIs and introduced Overseas Citizens Card (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card.



It was under Vajpayee's leadership that the first Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held in 2003 in New Delhi to bring all the NRIs and Diaspora Indians to work for the welfare of India.

On the spate of killing of Hindu and BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu, he said he would appeal to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to give protection to party leaders.

“I appeal to Jayalalithaa to help stop the killing of Hindu and BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu. We will try to Build pressure on state government so that it takes it seriously to put an end to such killings,” Singh said.