New Delhi: Stating that the country had witnessed a “dark decade” under the United Progressive Alliance regime, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday said India’s “success story” would unfold with the BJP’s return.
“The Indian success story is not over, it is waiting for the BJP to come to power,” BJP president Rajnath Singh said, inaugurating the three-day national council meeting of his party here.
While saffron flags and banners of BJP dominated the scene, hundreds of saffron “Gandhi topis” (caps) with slogans supporting Modi also grabbed eyeballs.
The caps read: “Modi for PM” and “BJP is the only alternate”, much alike the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) caps. The party president yesterday made a veiled reference to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), reflecting the concerns of India’s main opposition party.
The economic resolution adopted by the party’s national council — a body including all office bearers of the party — said the nation witnessed a “dark decade under the UPA regime”.
While the party appeared confident of coming to power and correcting the economy, the party president remarked that the Congress is using a “mask” to stop the BJP from coming to power, making an oblique reference to AAP.
“The Congress strategy as of now is to contain the BJP by hook or crook, and prevent it from getting majority or near majority. And for that, it has started spreading propaganda against the BJP with help from other forces,” Rajnath Singh said. He said when BJP comes to power, its “good governance” would “put a question mark on Congress’ political relevance and its very existence”.
Talking of the motives of the Congress, the BJP president said: “The whole objective is to install a government at the centre that could be destabalised.” He said the through the politics of power, pelf or compromise, the Congress would attempt that.
The BJP president’s reference was to the formation of the government in Delhi, after the AAP emerged as the second-largest party, with support from Congress. Arun Jaitley, however, appeared more confident of victory: “It will be a big challenge for us and our allies to bring the economy back on track when we come in power,” he said.
IANS
