The measure for 10 per cent general category quota will boost BJP-led NDA’s vote share by 10 per cent, paving the way for Narendra Modi’s re-election as Prime Minister, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Sunday, asserting that people will reject the Opposition’s proposed grand alliance due to its inherent contradiction and instability.
The BJP ally and Lok Janshakti Party president said the Modi Government’s priority to long-term development policies over “populist” programmes may have caused at times some resentment in a section of society but people will vote for the Prime Minister’s “strong and stable” leadership in Lok Sabha elections.
He, however, hinted that the Government will come out with a bevy of schemes in the run up to the election, saying that the ruling alliance has learnt its lessons from its loss in the recent State elections and that there are many arrows in the quiver of Prime Minister Modi.
The BJP lost power to Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan in December.
“Some months are still left for the polls. The Government will shoot one arrow after another. What will also weigh the most on people’s mind is who will be the Opposition’s choice as Prime Minister,” he told PTI in an interview.
