Modi in 2007: "I am a state level worker. Togadia works on international level now."
Narendra Modi & Praveen Togadia NK SINGH Dr Praveen Togadia is in the eye of a storm. Resurfacing after his mysterious disappearance at Ahmedabad, he has levelled several allegations. Earlier Media reports suggest that he was elected VHP's International Working President despite attempts by a section of RSS to stop his re-election. It is a known fact that Togadia and Narendra Modi have shared an uneasy relationship for years now. At one point of time both were considered Hindutva mascots in Gujarat. I had interviewed Narendra Modi for Indian Express in 2007, shortly before assembly election that year. This is what he said about Togadia in the interview carried in the newspaper's issue of November 1, 2007: The VHP and RSS were part of your support base last time. this time people like Praveen Togadia are openly working against you. I do not have a single instance of the Sangh Parivar crating any problem for me. The Sangh Parivar is with me. They ha...