’24 will give us plank to expand: Himanta
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will continue to expand till 2029, has not reached “saturation” despite its domination of India’s political landscape, and the party is confident that it will forge ahead in the three states of Telangana, West Bengal and Odisha in the next Lok Sabha elections, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
Speaking at the 20th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Sarma said that despite the delay, the BJP would honour its commitment on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, as it will on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
“I am sure that 2024 will give the BJP a further chance to expand towards the east and the south. I don’t think, till you win Tamil Nadu, and till you win Kerala, there will be saturation. Expansion is on and in 2024 you will see two or three more states where the BJP will be a force to reckon with,” he said.
By 2029, Sarma said that the BJP would be “unassailable” across the country, and identified Telangana, Odisha and West Bengal as three states that the party is looking to target.
On the delay in the framing of the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act, Sarma said that the BJP was committed to the legislation, and it was a “Hindu’s legitimate right to become a citizen in their motherland.”