BJP’s tsunami set to sweep Uttar Pradesh, says Shah

BJP national president Amit Shah expressed confidence on Saturday that the party would form a majority government in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarak hand and Goa.

Addressing a press conference here in Basti, Siddharthnagar and Sant Kabir Nagar, Shah said: “I assure you the BJP will sweep UP, Uttarakhand and Goa. Punjab will witness a triangular fight while the people’s view in Manipur is not clear.”

He said the BJP had left behind all other parties in the first two phases of assembly elections and added a BJP tsunami would bring about a major change in Uttar Pradesh. Shah, who also visited Gorakhnath temple on Friday, said the tie-up between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress was an alliance of corruption.

“Going against its ideologue Ram Manohar Lohia, who kept opposing the Congress all through his life, the SP has sealed this alliance for the sake of power ,” he said. “Had Akhilesh been confident of returning to power on the basis of work done in last five years, he would not have held the Congress’ s hand,” Shah remarked.

He said Akhilesh hurriedly inaugurated Metro rail and AgraLucknow Expressway even before its completion. “Over 10,000 people in Lucknow tried to board the Metro after Akhilesh spoke about it on TV, but returned disappointed as the service had not started,” he added.

“The data of the National Crime Records Bureau show UP tops the chart in crime. The SP government failed to clear farmers’ dues and could not provide uninterrupted power and water supply to the people,” he said. Attacking the SP government on poor law and order, Shah said the Bu land shah rape case and Ma thu ra’ s Jawahar Bagh incident shook the nation. Responding to a question over tickets to the sons and daughters of BJP leaders, Shah said the party had no place for family politics.

“In Congress, Indira Gandhi became the PM and was followed by her son Rajiv Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi controlled the Manmohan Singh government. This is not the case in the BJP. If a party worker gets a ticket on the basis of his work, no one should object to it,” he said. When asked why the BJP did not give ticket to any Muslim, Shah said the party did not consider caste and religion while distributing tickets.