New Delhi: An important ally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday said Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Varun Gandhi and Narendra Modi had “damaged” the alliance in elections.
Janata Dal-United president Sharad Yadav, who is the convener of NDA, said Gandhi’s alleged hate speeches in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, were “unconstitutional”.
"It may be right or wrong or he (Varun) might have denied but his statement has caused immense damage. His statement was unconstitutional. It was against the country's unity and must have affected the polls," said Yadav.
He said the BJP’s projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a future prime ministerial candidate had hurt the NDA.
"It was a factor. When the issue had come up, it created confusion among the people's mind. Since the NDA had already declared a Prime Ministerial candidate (L K Advani) unanimously, the issue should have been dismissed immediately," he said.
BJP leader Chandan Mitra on Sunday had called projecting Modi as the party's next prime ministerial a “serious error”.
"Bringing up Narendra Modi's name in the middle of the campaign was a serious error of judgement," Mitra told CNN-IBN.
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