Shiv Sena’s state unit chief of UP Uday Pandey has accused BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, of weakening Hindutva. He requested BJP top brass to change PM candiadate and put up Rajnath singh rather than Modi for top job.Modi has weekened Hindutava forces all over India. All his speeches are simply rhetoric and lack substance,” he said.
Pandey says that the anti-Modi mood in Uttar Pradesh has been conveyed to the party high command.
He said the BJP may have distanced itself from the Ram Temple issue, but Shiv Sena’s election manifesto will have it along with Mathura and Kashi prominently.
Pandey says Shiv sena will contest at least 20 Lok Sabha seats in UP .According to Pandey said the Shiv Sena leadership has given its nod to the state unit’s proposal of supporting projection of somebody from Uttar Pradesh as the next prime minister.