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Yesterday timesnow where saying Rajnath has listed 3 options for Advani NDA chair person or Lok sabha Speaker Also said Murali M Joshi will be compensated for vacating Varanasi
Modi won't allow Advani to occupy any position of significant power if he becomes PM. Murli Manohar might still get a juicy post.
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A couple of the party's prominent Lok Sabha candidates TOI spoke to raised questions on AAP's star campaigner Arvind Kejriwal, his lieutenants and scores of supporters camping in Varanasi when most candidates hardly got support from central leaders. "The Delhi office was almost empty. All top leaders camped in Varanasi to ensure Arvind won. But we did little to help many of the candidates, who put their hard-earned money to fight against established parties. Most of them are now disappointed," one of the candidates said on the condition of anonymity.

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BJP president Rajnath Singh is meeting party patriarch LK Advani, hours before counting of votes starts for the general elections. With exit polls showing that the BJP is headed, with its allies, for a clear majority, one of the key decisions the party has to take is what role Mr Advani will play should the BJP form a government under Narendra Modi. Sources said Mr Advani is keen to be Lok Sabha Speaker and the party could give him that post. The party also has to decide on an appropriate role for the very senior Sushma Swaraj, who, like Mr Advani, is not close to Mr Modi and is currently reported to be upset that she has not been made an offer commensurate with her seniority. Ms Swaraj is the Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Lok Sabha. Ms Swaraj, sources say, is clear that she will not accept just any place in a Modi cabinet. She has reportedly said she is open to only heading one of the four top ministries - Home, Finance, Defence or External Affairs. These ministers, with the PM, form what is called the Cabinet Committee on Security or CCS. Sources said Mr Singh has this evening asked Mr Advani to intervene and placate Ms Swaraj. Rajnath Singh also held a three-hour-long meeting today with RSS leader Suresh Soni at his residence and reportedly discussed government formation. The RSS, said sources, wants a mentor-like role for Mr Advani like the Congress' Sonia Gandhi played as chairperson of the UPA, the alliance her party leads. But sources said Mr Modi is keen to be chairperson of the NDA, his party's national alliance. The RSS, the BJP's ideological mentor, has played a significant role in the party's campaign, mobilising its cadres to ensure a BJP win and now, with exit polls predicting that victory, wants to ensure a smooth transition for Mr Modi. It reportedly wants no nasty last-minute surprises or public sulks of the kind Mr Advani had staged last year as Mr Modi was promoted in the party.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Congress-chalks-out-strategy-party-leaders-told-to-accept-peoples-verdict-gracefully/articleshow/35172483.cms
The spokespersons have been asked to maintain sobriety in their approach and accept people's verdict gracefully. At the same time they have been directed to attack BJP on its "unprecedented Rs 10 thousand crore campaign blitzkrieg". They have also been asked to strongly defend the UPA government's performance as well as that of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and not appear defensible about UPA's track record or the performance of the top leadership, sources said. With doubts being raised in the media about Rahul's leadership in the eventuality of a bad show by Congress, the spokespersons were also briefed on how to tackle such questions. "The combination of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was an ideal combination of experience, determination and youthful energy," party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told PTI.
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