"The only war BJP fighting in Gujarat is for development and protecting glory of the state. There is no other war. Everyone in Gujarat wants the BJP and Narendra Modi to win the ensuing assembly elections. We don't want to divert our attention to anything else," BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told a press conference here.
"The chapter is closed and whatever the party had to say has been stated yesterday," he said when asked about the controversy surrounding the posters apparently targetting Modi.
On BJP candidate Jagdev Yadav failing to file his nomination papers for Kannauj Lok Sabha bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, Naqvi said the party has sought intervention of the Election Commission.
"We have registered a complaint with the Election Commission asking it to intervene in the matter," he said.
In a u-turn, BJP which had decided against contesting the byelection, decided to field Yadav, who, however, could not file the nomination papers as the deadline for the same ended today.
Alleging that Yadav was "prevented" from filing the nomination papers, Naqvi said the incident was an indicator of deteriorating law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.
"This is not what people wanted when they voted massively for a change in government few months ago," he said without naming the ruling Samajwadi Party.