Gadkari–Modi divide widens further

Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari has told party leaders that there may be no need for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to campaign in the high-stake Assembly elections due next year in Uttar Pradesh, BJP sources told The Hindu. During consultations with them, Mr. Gadkari has been arguing that Mr. Modi's rallies in the past did little to benefit the party electorally outside Gujarat — a move that could widen the political divide between the two main leaders into a yawning political chasm.

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