This is how Modi replied a question on his possible national role

Gandhinagar, 17 August 2012

While responding to a question asked by one of the industry leaders and professionals at an interactive session organized by All India Management Association (AIMA) in Ahmedabad on Friday, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said his focus is on six crore people of Gujarat and their upliftment and betterment and this focus should be the parameter of his success.

Replying to a question on ascending to the national stage after achieving success in his state, Shri Modi said, “People who are actively doing yoga and more particularly ‘pranayam’ will be well aware that when you do ‘pranayam’, gradually you don’t feel birds chirping around and other noises. For you, it doesn’t make any difference if there is bright light or it’s dark. You become ‘Nirvikar'(unaffected). In the same way, I am Nirvikar about all these issues.”

It should be mentioned here that yesterday BJP’s national president Nitin Gadkari had said “Modi is one of the six PM candidates of BJP along with Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and MM Joshi. No decision has been yet taken (by the party).”