Somehow, Rajeev ji, this article of yours escaped my attention.  We should all be weary of an extremely dangerous trend that's emerging in witch-hunting of whistle-blowers.  Both the National Parties are following this pattern.  No single individual in National Politics is superior.  He may have mandate in a particular state, but this does not give him acceptance, by default, by other States. They should leave this decision to the people at large, after all, they are required to take the mandate from them.  The rule of law should change now.  The one who claims to be the PM candidate should enjoy  at least 40-50% mandate from the eligible voters from across the country.  Past actions of his are aberrations which is coming to haunt the party every now and then.  Though he possesses every quality to lead the country, therefore, the party is taking a very cautious step, not giving enough rope to his personal hegemonism.   Advani ji may have had some hidden agenda when he announced his yatra, yet again.  He wants to get  himself projected as the contender for the next PM. This announcement, like last time, had created a ripple within the party now.  The party is trying to under-play this Yatra for now by giving different theme to this, but apparently would culminate in a total chaos within the party during the course of general elections. 

What we need is a strong man like Modiji. No second thought about it. In my opinion, we need not wait till 2014 for elections. They may come sometime in March 2013.

TINA factor (There is no alternative factor) helped UPA to grab the power for the second consecutive time. NDA's in-fights are the reasons for this TINA factor. Once again it seems BJP being the major alliance partner of NDA with its in-fights failing to emerge as a strong opposition for Congress and the UPA.  

Narendra Modi with his kind of dynamism naturally emerged as strong leader within BJP and as a best bet as a Prime Ministerial candidate from BJP. LK Advani should understand this fact for the benefit of the BJP and NDA as an alliance. Though there are some voices supporting Nitish, he being wise politician knows his limitations and declined this view. Keeping away the controversies around, Narendra Modi proved himself as a successful leader and his ability can be seen from the success story of Gujarat in the recent past. India desperately needs a dynamic, decisive leader at this juncture to lead the nation. Narendra Modi seems to have these qualities. In my view Modi is the right candidate to fittingly fight the UPA in the next elections. Any in-fights of this kind weakens the alliance and strengthen the UPA to that extent. BJP leaders should understand the aspirations of the nation and act wisely.

rightly said!!! BJP planning is somehow shattered by Modi. For my point of view..
for me 1st deserving candidate for PM is Modi then Nitish and then our oldie Advani ji... INDIA SHOULD EXPERIENCE A LITTLE YOUNGER PM NOW (as compare to our ex PM's like Bajpai ji, Narsimha Rao ji. Devegoda sahab and ofcourse Manmohan singh ji). thanks sharma ji!!