New Delhi: Shiv Sena head Uddhav Thackeray yesterday denied making any remarks on the projection of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate of the Lok Sabha elections in 2014.
Thackeray said that it was for the BJP to decide on its prime ministerial candidate and then consult allies like the Shiv Sena and the Akali Dal.
The Shiv Sena chief said that his statement on Friday that the country needed a reliable face was in the context of the Congress which was ruling the country. He blamed the media for misreading his statement.
He said he conveyed his best wishes to Modi when he visited his residence after being appointed head of the BJP’s central campaign committee.
Karnataka ex-governor Khan dies
Bangalore: Karnataka yesterday declared a three-day mourning for former union minister and former state governor Khursheed Alam Khan, who passed away in New Delhi.
The national flag will fly at half mast on all government buildings and no official celebrations will be held in the mourning period that will end on July 22, an official statement said.
Khan, father of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and son-in-law of late president Zakir Hussain, was Karnataka governor between 1991 and 1999.
“People of Karnataka will cherish his services,” Governor H R Bhardwaj said in his condolence message.
Lawmaker injured in bomb blast
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress legislator in West Bengal yesterday claimed that he was hospitalised after bombs were hurled at his vehicle. Police are inquiring into the incident after the lawmaker’s complaint.
Lawmaker Gulshan Mallick alleged the mob attack by supporters of rival parties took place in Gabberia village of Panchla constituency in Howrah district.
He said in his complaint that he was also fired upon by miscreants affiliated to the Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist. “They tried to murder me. My security guard rescued me by firing four rounds in the air to disperse the mob,” he said.
Police said a case had been registered on the basis of Mallick’s complaint.
IANS
