A poster of Modi, Shah and Varun Gandhi in Allahabad Saturday, a day before the BJP national executive meet A poster of Modi, Shah and Varun Gandhi in Allahabad Saturday, a day before the BJP national executive meetA ‘poster war’ in which BJP MP Varun Gandhi seems to have the lead could overshadow the party’s two-day national executive meet, meant to sound the poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh and highlight the Centre’s achievement in the last two years. The BJP leadership seemed keen to downplay the posters, though privately, some leaders feared this could dilute the conclave’s message. On the billboards, Varun is seen sharing space with Modi, Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and fellow MP Poonam Mahajan. Leaders who have become BJP’s chief ministers, be it Devendra Fadnavis, Manohar Lal Khattar or Raghubar Das, were not leaders on posters,” BJP general secretary Arun Singh said. It has always boomeranged.” According to Singh, the BJP officially sanctioned pictures of Modi, Shah, Parliamentary board members, CMs, state presidents and Margdarshak Mandal members for posters.

Source: Indian Express June 11, 2016 19:07 UTC