The BJP on Saturday said it would contest the forthcoming Assembly election in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on the plank of “good governance” and bring out a charge sheet to expose the “corrupt” Congress regime in Delhi and Rajasthan.
The party will also approach the Election Commission (EC) soon to bring to its notice certain news reports about a move from the UPA to entice minority voters with assurances about jobs in the Armed forces. The BJP leaders are hopeful that Narendra Modi’s unmatched popularity among electorates would be an added fillip for the party this time. All top leaders of the party will campaign for the candidate across five States in a phased manner.
The BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said good governance will be an issue in State elections. “But Modi’s popularity and people appeal will definitely bolster the party in these polls,” Naqvi said. The party is hopeful about retaining Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh while snatching Rajasthan from the Congress. Factionalism in the Delhi unit remains a concern for the BJP, which has also failed to project a CM candidate in the Capital.
“We will go to the polls under collective leadership. We will surely unseat the corrupt regime of Sheila Dikshit,” Naqvi said, adding, “The BJP will go to the people in the elections in Rajasthan and Delhi with the issue of corruption and maladministration under Congress rule. We will prepare a charge sheet on it.”
In Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh where BJP is in power, the party will highlight the achievements of its Government, especially the “impressive” implementation of its welfare schemes. The BJP claims that the Shivraj Singh Chouhan Government in Madhya Pradesh has established new records of development and prosperity in all fields. The Raman Singh Government in Chhattisgarh has made efforts to ensure the benefits of good governance to the “last man in the queue”.
“These two States have performed well despite stepbrotherly treatment by the Centre and the hurdles created by it for various development projects,” Naqvi said. On the contrary, he said, Delhi and Rajasthan were examples of “bad governance and corruption”. Despite economic sops by the Central Government, the BJP leader alleged, these States were engaged in pillaging public money.