Modi met the newly nominated BJP chief to discuss preparations for the 2014 general elections that are now certain to include the saffron strongman. "There was a discussion on 2014, quite elaborate discussions," Modi said after the meeting.
Although he avoided responding to questions about his candidature for prime minister, Modi spoke of a likely role outside Gujarat, perhaps for the first time. "I had come to congratulate him and ask him what I should do. How should I work ahead. And what suggestions he has in relation to the state government."
It is understood that the meeting was focused on looking at emerging political scenarios and intended to put the uneasy equations the two leaders have shared behind them. There was a pragmatic touch to the deliberations aimed at forging a new working relationship. The new equation is seen in the context of a recognition that Congress's vulnerabilities over the economy and corruption charges can be exploited only if the BJP can stem the blood letting within due to persistent factionalism.
The meeting is the first between Modi and Singh after the latter was named BJP chief in a last-minute switch that saw Nitin Gadkari being denied a second term as party president. Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley also met Singh.
The discussions are also significant in the context of Modi's impending induction into the BJP parliamentary board. "The BJP's Gujarat unit should be useful in the service of the country, we also had a detailed discussion about that," said Modi.
A formal announcement on the BJP's prime ministerial candidate is not in the offing, but it is clear that Modi is going to be central to the party's brain trust ahead of the next election. He will be a key strategizer in keeping with his enhanced stature after his third straight win as Gujarat CM.
Factional politics, encouraged by a blurred pecking order, has prevailed for so long in BJP that putting a lid on it will not be easy. Singh will have to begin at home as his previous term as BJP chief was marred for similar reasons. But the meeting with Modi needs to be seen in the light of the CM's enhanced stature after his third straight win in Gujarat.
Until now, both Gadkari and Singh — in his previous stint from 2005 to 2009 — have tended to keep Modi out of the party's central politics. So much so that Gadkari was forced to expel Sanjay Joshi, a Modi baiter, to get Modi to attend a party executive meet in Mumbai last year.
This time around, Modi is clearly first among equals and a strong candidate for the PM's post if the BJP were to come to power. While Singh is close to BJP's ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, he may find it necessary to acknowledge Modi's growing clout.
The task of pitchforking BJP to power in 2014 and avoiding a deeply demoralizing third successive defeat will require Singh to ensure that Modi is fully on board. Modi's fulsome congratulatory message when Singh became party chief indicates that he is ready to make a fresh start.
Giving Modi his due in the party while not naming him PM candidate is a challenging balancing act, all the more in the light of divisions exposed by the ugly faction fight that preceded Gadkari being ousted as BJP president. While veteran leader L K Advani campaigned fiercely to oppose Gadkari, there were differences of opinion with other top BJP leaders.
The compromise on Rajnath came about after leaders of opposition Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley and senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu came together, along with a few others, to resolve the crisis. Jaitley and Swaraj do not always agree but saw the need to put up an alternative to Gadkari.
Differing perceptions, incessant factional battles and the long delay in ensuring Gadkari's removal after reports of financial irregularities about the Purti group controlled by him surfaced, have hurt the BJP quite severely.
An inability to convey a focused consistent message has prevented the BJP from decisively overtaking the Congress in opinion polls despite the government's problems in managing the economy and battling corruption scandals.
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