“The situation is indeed very difficult. It’s not an easysituation. Problems are there inside (the alliance) but attempts are also being made to rectify it,” Yadav said. He said a decision will be taken only after a meeting of party leaders.
The remarks by the JD(U) leaders came on a day when tension between the two parties in Bihar showed signs of escalation with BJP leaders refusing to meet Nitish Kumar.
Asked why JD(U) is raising the tempo despite the December deadline set by the party for BJP to come up with its prime ministerial candidate, Tiwari said after the Goa conclave of BJP in which Modi was elevated as election committee chief “there is no doubt that the Gujarat Chief Minister will be the BJP’s PM candidate.
“What difference does it make whether they announce Modi as PM candidate or not…Modi is behaving as if he is PM-in-waiting,” he said. Tiwari noted that the JD(U) and the Bihar Chief Minister’s reservation about Modi was not a new thing as the latter was kept out of the elections in Bihar during 2009 parliamentary polls and the assembly polls a year later.
In between, Kumar had cancelled a scheduled dinner for the top BJP leaders during its national executive in June 2010 in protest against publication of an advertisement in local newspapers that showed the two chief ministers together.
