Madhya Pradesh: BJP workers celebrate Narendra Modi's elevation

BHOPAL: BJP workers here today celebrated appointment of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the chairman of BJP's election campaign committee with fire-crackers and drumbeats.

Congratulating Modi, state BJP chief Narendra Singh Tomar said the party would win the 2014 Lok Sabha elections under his able leadership.

Modi will be able to free the country from inflation and corruption which is thriving under the Congress-led UPA rule, he said.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Ministers Sunderlal Patwa and Kailash Joshi, senior party leader Kailash Narayan Sarang, BJP's National Vice Presidents Uma Bharti and Prabhat Jha, BJP MPs Najma Heptullah, Maya Singh, Anil Madhav Dave, Chandan Mitra, Ashok Argal and Rakesh Singh among others also congratulated Modi on the occasion.