Ranchi: The Deputy Prime Minister, L K Advani, on November 15 said that the outcome of the coming Assembly elections in Gujarat would not have any bearing on the Centre.

"State elections do not have an impact on the Central government," he told a press conference in Ranchi.

A state election was important essentially because every state in the country was spread over a large area and Gujarat was not a small area.

"It is a large state. It is an important state and has its own significance," he said adding that he did not think that any election in the state would have an impact on the Central government.

Asked to comment on the VHP's (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) decision to take out its 'yatra' in Gujarat defying the Election Commission directive, Advani said that the state government would take an appropriate decision.

The Deputy Prime Minister said that since he was in the government he would not comment on the matter. "It is for the VHP to comment and may be for my party to do so. I do not comment on the Election Commission decision being a member of the government."

Asked if he had talked to the VHP in this connection, Advani said that he had neither spoken to any VHP leader nor would like to do so.

PTI