New Delhi: The BJP looks all set to anoint Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 elections and make a formal announcement to that effect by September. Mr Modi was elevated to head BJP election campaign last month. A crucial meeting of the BJP's top leadership with the RSS is scheduled for tomorrow. After the RSS nod, the BJP expects to reconcile differences over Mr Modi's appointment by the end of August. The announcement on Mr Modi's name is likely to be made before the notification for assembly polls to be held in November in five states - including Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Sources say the party wants to cash in on Mr Modi's popularity for the crucial assembly polls. The timing of the announcement is also expected to give Mr Modi six months to campaign; in the BJP's assessment Lok Sabha elections will not be held before February 2014. Earlier this month the BJP has announced Team Modi 2014, a fleet of 20 star-studded committees to manage different aspects of the party's election campaign. (Read: 20 committees, power balanced between big hitters) All stakeholders, including the BJP's ideological parent, the RSS and its affiliate, the VHP, came on board after an exercise by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to iron out crinkles in the weeks after the elevation of Mr Modi as the BJP's election campaign chief. Quite in the driver's seat, Mr Bhagwat, who had intervened to end Mr Advani's public sulk over Mr Modi's promotion last month, had also reportedly advised that the party must base its campaign on collective leadership.
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