New Delhi: Brushing aside the mass speculations of him eyeing the PM’s chair, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday ruled himself out of the race. “Irrespective of numbers, only Narendra Modi will be PM, and no one else. It will be a maha paap for me to even think of becoming PM,â€Â said Singh in an interview to a TV channel. He will never ditch Modi for the PM’s post, he added.Â
There has been speculation that after the Lok Sabha polls results are declared, Rajnath Singh could be in the running  for the PM’s post if the saffron party fails to cobble up enough numbers under Modi’s leadership and has to go in for a grand coalition to claim power.Â
Not all parties would be open to the idea of supporting Modi for PM, as the ghost of Gujarat riots continues to haunt him, say observers.