Amit Shah to lead ‘Ajey BJP’
The Narendra Modi government is working for “making India” whereas the Congress is working for “breaking India”, BJP president Amit Shah said on Saturday, asserting that his party will return to power in 2019 with a majority bigger than what it got in 2014.
A slogan of “Ajey BJP” (Invincible BJP) was adopted at the meeting of the party’s national office bearers and also presidents of its state units.
Launching a blistering attack on the Opposition in his inaugural address at the party’s two-day national executive meeting, he said the proposed mahagath bandhan (grand alliance) of the BJP’s rivals is an illusion and myth, and will make no difference to its fortunes.
Mr Shah sought to build a narrative about his party around the theme of development, especially targeting the poor, and nationalism, while painting the Opposition as those sympathising with “urban Naxals” and working for “breaking India” in its frustration over electoral losses.
Briefing reporters on Mr Shah’s speech in the closed-door meeting, Nirmala Sitharaman said he termed the Opposition as “dis ruptionists” and that it no longer seems to be representing the voice of the people.
He made these comments in the context of the no-confidence motion brought by opposition parties in Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session, saying that there was no reason for it and accusing them of being in “denial mode” after it was defeated with a big margin.
With many political watchers suggesting that the Bharatiya Janata Party may find it hard to repeat its 2014 feat, Mr Shah said it will handily win in 19 states where it is in power and also emerge victorious in states such as West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana state due to “anti-incumbency” factor against regional parties in power there.
Meanwhile, sources said Mr Shah, whose three-year term ends in January, will lead the party in the Lok Sabha election in 2019 and its organisational polls are likely to be suspended till then as it focuses on the electoral challenge ahead, party sources said.