BJP on Monday asserted that it was on the cusp of new beginning in history as a national party with its footprints all over the country as people “have rejected of not only the Congress but the brand of politics associated with it”.
In a political resolution passed at the conclusion of the two-day National Executive, the party mentioned its recent achievements and victory in Assam, a border and strategically sensitive State where for decades BJP along with its “ideological parivars” worked hard to advance the cause of the party in the North-East, the party said.
“Congress Mukt Bharat for us is not merely about defeating Congress at the hustings everywhere, although that will be the primary objective of our party. It also means ridding country of the Congress brand politics — corruption, nepotism, politics of inheritance and blue blood, arrogance and non-accountability, politics of obstructionism and vote banks etc”, the resolution said.
The National Executive noted that a call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the lok Sabha elections for Congress Mukt Bharat “has today become a people’s mission”.
“Even in a number of by-elections held in different States including Meghalaya, Gujarat etc the people have rejected Congress Party and voted for BJP, NDA or other non-Congress options. BJP has gained inpopularity in States like Manipur, Tripura also”.
The resolution recalled the decision of the Central leadership about a year-and-half ago to put special focus on states where the Party has been traditionally weak. “Results in the present round of elections show that the efforts in that direction have started paying dividends.”, it said.
“Assam is the gateway to the entire North-East. The landslide victory in Assam has given us a great opportunity to expand our footprint in the entire North Eastern region. North Eastern region is important for us electorally in local terms; development-wise in national terms; and pivotal in international strategic terms, “ it said.
The BJP said keeping the greater significance of the N-E region and with a view to promoting all-round development the BJP has constituted the North-East Democratic Alliance — NEDA. An alliance of the non-Congress political parties from the eight North Eastern States, NEDA will emerge as a power-house of faster development of the entire region.
It will also help us expand the Party in the entire region, the resolution said.
It said the Coromandel Coast spanning from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu and Kerala has seen enthusiastic support to the BJP during the 2014 lok sabha elections. “We secured a good vote share in all the States on thecountry’s southern and eastern coast like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Orissa and West Bengal”, the party resolution said
Besides Assam the Party has fared satisfactorily well in Kerala, the other State that has seen the decimation of the Congress party at the hustings. In Kerala too, like in Assam, the BJP’s vote share has gone up substantially, said the resolution. Together with its ally the BJP has secured over 15 per cent vote share paving way for future rise of the Party.
The Karyakartas in Kerala deserve special compliments for their heroic efforts in an atmosphere of violence andintimidation mainly orchestrated by the Marxist Party.
“The Party and the Parivaar have lost a large number of humble and dedicated Karyakartas in the murderous Marxist violence in the past. Yet they stood up firmly and won the hearts of the people of the state. Politics of murder and mayhem have returned to Kerala right from the day the Marxist Party formed the Government there”, the resolution said payhing rich tributes to “ the hard work and sacrifices” of its workers.