CM Devendra Fadnavis responds to Sanjay Raut’s claim over PM Modi’s successor
Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis strongly reacted to Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut’s claim that the RSS is all set to pick Modi’s successor.
On Monday Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis cleared that there is
“no need to search” for PM Modi’s successor as he will continue to hold the top post again in 2029.
Earlier in the day, Raut said PM Modi’s visit to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur on Sunday was to convey the message to Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat that he is retiring.
Adding that there is no need to search for his successor. Speaking with press members in Nagpur, he said that (Modi) is our leader.
Defenestrating speculation that the successor will likely be from Maharashtra, Fadnavis added: “In our culture, when the father is alive, it is inappropriate to talk about succession. That is Mughal culture. The time has not come to discuss it.
Meanwhile, senior RSS leader Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi, who was also in Nagpur, said he is not aware of any talk of (PM’s) replacement.
In his statement, Raut said it is clear that the PM will be made to retire at the age of 75, alluding to some leaders in the ruling dispensation retiring at that age.
Modi turns 75 in September this year.
Raut added that Modi never visited the RSS headquarters in the last 11 years but he went there on Sunday to inform the outfit that he was quitting. The PM’s first visit to headquarters since 2014 is being seen as marking a shift in the BJP’s stance towards its ideological parent following “frosty relations” last year.
News Edit KV Raman
