JD(U) refrains from commenting on Modi's poll campaign

BJP is the larger party in the NDA. We will go for alliance with BJP wherever it wants us, but barring in Gujarat: Sharad Yadav

JD-U, which has decided to contest elections on its own in Gujarat, on Tuesday steered clear of commenting on the month-long poll campaign launched by Chief Minister Narendra Modi from Mehsna. "What is there for us to say on who adopts what method for one's election campaign. Everybody is free in a democracy to carry out political campaigns," was the brief response of party President Sharad Yadav when asked about Modi's campaign. Yadav had said yesterday that "BJP is the larger party in the NDA. We will go for alliance with BJP wherever it wants us, but barring in Gujarat". The JD-U President also downplayed reports about his party contesting elections separately, saying many socialist leaders have campaigned in elections in these areas in the past and that included even RJD chief Lalu Prasad. The JD-U is beginning the poll campaign for Gujarat from tomorrow with two of its general secretaries Javed Raza and Chandraj Singhvi going on a four-day election tour there.