New Delhi: Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader MG Vaidya has alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was behind the campaign against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari.

According to The Hindu, Vaidya, Sunday, in his blog wrote: “The roots of the campaign against Nitin Gadkari have to be in Gujarat because when Ram Jethmalani demanded Gadkari’s resignation, he also demanded that Narendra Modi be made the prime ministerial candidate of the party”.

“Modi himself seems to have strong prime ministerial ambitions because LK Advani and Nitin Gadkari have already said that they are not in the race for the PM. But Narendra Modi has still not said anything on this issue,” he added.

“Narendra Modi might have felt that Gadkari as the BJP president will hamper his chances of becoming the Prime Minster. He is using Jethmalani to fulfil his plans,” the RSS leader said.

He also slammed Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani for calling for resignation of Gadkari openly. “Ram Jethmalani should not have expressed his displeasure against Nitin Gadkari publicly. Any BJP member or MP can feel that Nitin Gadkari should resign, but they should raise this issue on the party platform.”

He further wrote that people in party, who are concerned about the charges against Gadkari, should follow Mahesh Jethmalani and leave the party. “If Yashwant Sinha, Shatrughan Sinha and Jaswant Singh share Mr Ram Jethmalani’s view, as claimed by him, then all three should also resign from the party,” he wrote