The News National , Mumbai ;
“RSS will decide the successor of PM #NarendraModi, and that person will be from #Maharashtra,” Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut said on Monday. He added that there was a reason for the PM to visit the RSS headquarters.
“Usually, whatever discussions take place in the RSS are behind the closed doors. But there are certain indications,” he said.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denied it saying the country looked at Narendra Modi as the PM in 2029, and that there was no question of any change. PM Modi will turn 75 years old this year.
The BJP was quick to refute these speculations. Speaking to reporters in Nagpur, Mr. Fadnavis said, “We look at the Prime Minister as our leader. There is no question of choosing a successor. The time for it has not yet come. As far as I am concerned, my name is not there.”
Slamming the speculations, he said, “There is no reason to choose a successor for Modiji. Modiji is our leader. He is going to work for many more years. We have been insistent that we look at Modiji as the PM in the year 2029 as well. There is no point in speaking of it now. In our Indian tradition, we don’t think of succession when the father is alive. It is a Mughal tradition that children think of succession when the father is alive. This is not the time to think of it. That time has not yet come.”
