Party president Rajnath Singh sat next to Mr Modi as he made the announcement on Friday evening, after a meeting of the BJP's top decision makers. Behind them a giant photo of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee presided as an era was brought to a close in the BJP and another began. <br /><br />"The BJP has a tradition of declaring its candidate for PM... the BJP's parliamentary party board has decided that Mr. Narendra Modi will be our prime ministerial candidate in 2014," Mr. Singh said. <br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit: http://www.itvnewsindia.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at: http://www.facebook.com/IndiaNewsTV <br />Subscribe to our You Tube channel:http://www.youtube.com/itvnewsindia