Nitin Gadkari intervenes to end Sushma Swaraj-Narendra Modi spat

New Delhi : As the spat between senior leaders Sushma Swaraj and Narendra Modi continued in public, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari has stepped in to control the damage being done to the party?s image.

The not-so-happy relations between two of the top leaders of the saffron party had hit the headlines when Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, had stated that Modi was not needed to campaign for BJP in Bihar.

?The Modi magic doesn?t work everywhere,? Swaraj had retorted when she was recently asked if the BJP will keep away Modi from Bihar after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar (who runs a coalition government with the BJP) had opposed Modi?s entry.

Gujarat chief minister Modi?s reply came in the form of an advertisement by his Karnataka supporter Leher Singh.

The advertisement read: ?Modi is the top crowd-puller for the BJP?.

Though Singh later tried to disassociate the advertisement with Swaraj?s remarks, the message was too apparent.

Modi, peeved at Swaraj?s public comments, took the matter to Gadkari, who finally intervened before more damage was done.

Gadkari has apparently asked Swaraj from refraining from making any comments that could hurt.

The public spat between the two senior leaders could only spell profit for the opposition camps, while all eyes would be on Gadkari to see how the new president tackles the situation.