A Simple Approach will be to use a normal link and add Bootstrap modal effect to it. Just make use of my Code, hopefully you will get it run.
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="addContact" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"><b style="color:#fb3600; font-weight:700;">X</b></button><!--×-->
<h4 class="modal-title text-center" id="addContact">Add Contact</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<div class="row">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="active">
<a data-toggle="tab" style="background-color:#f5dfbe" href="#contactTab">Contact</a>
</li>
<li>
<a data-toggle="tab" style="background-color:#a6d2f6" href="#speechTab">Speech</a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div id="contactTab" class="tab-pane in active"><partial name="CreateContactTag"></div>
<div id="speechTab" class="tab-pane fade in"><partial name="CreateSpeechTag"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<a class="btn btn-info" data-dismiss="modal">Close</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>