Hindutva forces will form the next government: Singhal

The next government at the center will be formed on the strength of the Hindutava forces and BJP leader and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi could be a 'catalyst' in it, VHP president Ashok Singhal said today.

The next government at the center will be formed on the strength of the Hindutava forces and BJP leader and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi could be a 'catalyst' in it, VHP president Ashok Singhal said on Wednesday.

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"The government after 2014 elections will be formed with the support of Hindutva forces. Narendra Modi may be a catalyst," Singhal told reporters here.

When asked whom would he prefer as BJP's prime ministerial candidate - Modi or Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, the VHP leader said "It is for BJP to decide. I cannot comment on it. It (BJP) will have to choose an able person who will take the Hindu society forward.”

Singhal had during a programme in Allahabad last month said Modi enjoyed the same popularity as the country's first prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru.