Modi Has His Way, Sanjay Joshi Removed

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Nitin Gadkari to get second term as party president[/font][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's stamp was visible all over the meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's national executive, which began here on Thursday.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
Though Mr. Modi arrived nearly seven hours after the two-day session started, it was he who dictated the agenda for the meeting and set the stage for Nitin Gadkari's re-nomination as party president.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
With Mr. Modi's return to the centre stage, it will be watched with keen interest on how the party goes about the mission of enhancing its vote base by 10 per cent and broadening the National Democratic Alliance.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
Mr. Gadkari has paid a high price to buy peace with Mr. Modi. After all efforts to mollify the Chief Minister failed, Mr. Gadkari, late on Wednesday night, dismissed Mr. Modi's arch-rival Sanjay Joshi from the national executive.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
Mr. Modi, who was on a visit to Udaipur, chose to announce his decision to attend the meeting only after the electronic media flashed the news about Mr. Joshi and Mr. Gadkari himself confirmed it.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
Mr. Modi has been at loggerheads with Mr. Gadkari after the latter took Mr. Joshi back into the party after six years and tasked him with working out the strategy for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
It is not immediately clear what forced Mr. Gadkari's hand. There have been suggestions at the meeting that the party's Gujarat unit sent out a strong signal to the central leadership that with the Assembly elections due by year-end, it could ill afford a conflict.[/font][/color]
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