Name Narendra Modi as PM nominee, demands Bihar BJP

Bihar BJP today adopted a resolution asking the party Central Parliamentary Board to announce Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as party's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

At the end of two-day state executive committee meeting of BJP here, former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi introduced the resolution demanding Narendra Modi, the party's campaign committee chief, be named as its PM nominee without any loss of time, which was seconded by Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Nand Kishore Yadav.

The House adopted the resolution amid sloganeering for Narendra Modi.

Bihar unit of the party has become the first to make a formal demand on this.