Advani to be the next Prime Minister: Modi

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Vadodara, Jan 17 (PTI) Rubbishing speculation that he was involved in a leadership tussle in BJP, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said L K Advani "will be the prime minister" after the next Lok Sabha elections."After the Lok Sabha elections, BJP will come to power and L K Advani will be the prime minister," Modi said addressing a gathering in Halol town after inaugurating three day-care centres.Without naming anybody, Modi accused a "tolki (a mocking reference to a group of people) sitting in Delhi" for deliberately raising the controversy on the issue of BJP's prime-ministerial candidate to divert attention from the "success" of Vibrant Gujarat global investors summit."After the development works we have undertaken in Gujarat, Delhi now recognises that a BJP government can come to power at the Centre after the upcoming elections. Our leader L K Advani will be the prime minister and under his leadership even the country will witness rapid growth like Gujarat," Modi said.The BJP has projected Advani as its prime ministerial candidate.However, Modi's praise as Prime Ministerial material by industry captains including Anil Ambani and Sunil Mittal on the sidelines of investors summit in Ahmedabad recently led to a flutter in the BJP with the saffron party terming it as a complement to the party's senior leaders and its chief ministers.Modi said as many as 8,500 MoUs projecting an investment of Rs 12 lakh crores were signed during the summit. PTI