The Free Press Journal

BJP will come out with flying colours: Nadda

Gujarat is party lab for experiment­s in governance, organisati­on: Party prezident

- DARSHAN DESAI / Ahmedabad

National BJP president JP Nadda on Friday claimed his party would win with flying colours in the Gujarat assembly election, while Aam Aadmi Party was no patch on the BJP while its own experiment­s in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhan­d, Goa resulted in most of their candidates losing their deposits.

“The Congress, in any case, doesn’t stand any chance and our progress would only improve with “Gujarat already being globally recognised laboratory of good governance,” he said.

He heaped praise on PM Modi and the Gujarat government for its “effective” handling of the Covid crisis and the Centre for its “effective role” in the Ukraine crisis.

Asked why did his party have to dismiss the entire Vijay Rupani government if it was doing so well, Nadda told reporters at the state BJP Headquarte­rs in Gandhinaga­r, “Certain decisions are taken for strategic reasons; it is only the BJP that gives the younger blood an opportunit­y to prove their mettle.”

“Gujarat is a laboratory and such experiment­s should be taken from the positive viewpoint. You show me which party has the gumption to initiate a bold step like changing the chief minister and the cabinet in one go. It is not necessary to reveal the details of all strategies,” the BJP president added.

Nadda was on a day-long tour, just days after two recent visits of PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on a stock taking visit here. He would leave for Delhi on Saturday after holding a closed-door meeting with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil.

The BJP president ruled out any proposal for their party for an early election in Gujarat, “the conduct of poll is the responsibi­lity of the Election Commission.”

Praising his party’s cadres during the Covid crisis, Nadda said all political parties locked themselves up under home quarantine while the BJP cadres distribute­d at least 15 crore ration kits. “The leaders of other parties were more found on Twitter or video conference­s, while BJP cadres were on the ground helping out people in distress.”

About use of bulldozers on properties on alleged rioters selectivel­y, he said, “The BJP believes in rule of law and Constituti­on. Whoever crosses the law and violates the Constituti­on will face action.” About the AAP aggressive­ly campaignin­g in Gujarat, Nadda said the AAP experiment­ed with four states recently. In UP, its candidates lost deposit on all 377 seats. In Uttarakhan­d, they lost deposits on 67 of the 68 seats. Similarly in Goa, they forfeited deposits in 35 of the 39 seats.

LUCKNOW: BSP supremo the SP chief could not fulfil Mayawati on Friday mocked his own dream of becoming Samajwadi Party president the chief minister (of UP) Akhilesh Yadav’s assertion even after securing the he wanted her to become votes of Muslims and the prime minister and Yadavs and forming wondered how someone an alliance with who could not fulfil several parties, his own dream of how can he fulfil becoming the the dream of others chief minister to become the will prime minister.” In a related manage to tweet, the former realise the aspiration­s UP chief minister of wondered how a party others. that managed to win

Reacting to only five seats in UP in Yadav’s statement he wanted the last Lok Sabha poll despite her to become the prime stitching up an alliance minister and the SP had with the BSP will make her forged an alliance with the the prime minister.

BSP for the 2019 Lok Sabha “Therefore, they need to poll for this, Mayawati, in a stop making such childish tweet in Hindi, said, “When statements,” she said.

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