No Modi wave, it’s only a wave for BJP, says Murli Manohar Joshi

New Delhi/Lucknow: Kicking off a fresh controversy, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, in subtle comments directed at the party’s PM candidate Narendra Modi, said on Sunday that there was “no Modi wave” across India, only “a BJP wave”.

He also suggested the “Gujarat model” of development might not work across all states.

Dr Joshi, who headed the BJP manifesto committee and had to make way for Mr Modi in the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, said the BJP’s PM candidate was a “representative” of the party for the highest political office, and was getting support across the country and from BJP leaders.

The BJP leader said the Gujarat model of development pushed by Mr Modi “cannot be made applicable for all states”. He also said he didn’t favour a “straitjacket” model of one particular state.

“Mr Modi is a representative of the party as a PM candidate. So it is not a highly personalised thing (the wave). It is a representative wave. He gets support from different parts of India, all sections of society and from all BJP leaders,” Dr Joshi said.