Priyanka, Rahul can hold top jobs: BJP

Claiming that Congress president Sonia Gandhi becoming Prime Minister of India was against "national pride" because of her foreign origin, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh has said his party will have no objection to her children Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi joining politics and getting elected to top posts of the country.

"Soniaji has given birth to Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi. We would not raise any finger on both of them, if they enter politics and even if they were to attain the top position of the country," Singh, also Union Agriculture Minister, said participating in BBC's Aapki Baat BBC Ke Saath programme.

Asked why the BJP and the ruling alliance did not leave the question to be decided by the people of the country, Singh said "I do not agree with this. See this is a case of national pride. If this was the scene, then why did we drive the British out of the country?