By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the party’s parliamentary board will decide if the 2014 general elections would be fought under collective leadership or a prime ministerial candidate will be projected.
“The decision will be taken at an appropriate time by the parliamentary board. It will decide if a leader is to be projected or not,” said Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj.
“When it is decided, you will be informed,” she said, adding that though the party projects a leader in assembly polls, it also contests elections in states under collective leadership.
Sushma Swaraj, who held a joint press conference with party leader Arun Jaitley, said there was no tussle on the leadership issue.
There has been heightened speculation about BJP’s prime ministerial candidate after Advani last month announced his plans to go on an anti-corruption rath yatra and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi went on a sadbhavna fast earlier this month. Both Sushma Swaraj and Jaitley are seen as contenders for the post.