BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday claimed that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win 300 plus seats in the upcoming lok Sabha elections as the people want a stable alternative.
"There is an atmosphere of change in the country right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari with people ready to end corruption and misgovernance of the Congress. The BJP-led NDA will win over 300 seats," the BJP vice-president told reporters at the party office here.
Naqvi also said that the party will win more than 50 seats (out of 80) in Uttar Pradesh. He alleged that the Congress has realised its defeat, therefore, it is making desperate attempts to stop BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from coming to power at the Centre. "Congress' popularity in the country is at its lowest ebb because of which even it's declared candidates were leaving the party," he said in an apparent reference to Congress candidate from Bhind, Bhagirath Prasad joining the BJP after getting the party ticket for lS polls.
BJP has appointed poll in-charges at over 4.73 lakh booths besides 'Palaks' (caretakers) at 480 lok Sabha seats in the country. On Congress' anti-Modi campaign, Naqvi said that faced with imminent defeat, many senior Congress leaders, including its vice-president Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Digvijay Singh are issuing statements in a manner which reflects Talibani culture.
On the issue of division in the party over distribution of ticket in places like Varanasi and lucknow, Naqvi said the entire party leadership is committed to make Modi the PM of the country.
Speaking about alliance with Raj Thackeray's MNS, he said, "The Shiv Sena was, is and always be the ally of the BJP." He dubbed the AAP as the "proxy of the Congress" and said the party has already been exposed in Delhi and won't be able to do much in the lok Sabha polls.
Taking a swipe at Arvind Kejriwal, who will possibly contest against Modi, Naqvi said, "Kejriwal is an international leader. He can also contest from US when elections are held in that country." He also alleged that the AAP is getting money from US-based Ford Foundation. Kejriwal has yet not vacated the official residence allotted to him as Delhi Chief Minister and contrary to the claims made by him, he has recently availed the facility of chartered plane, Naqvi said. The AAP leader only considers him as honest, while all others are dishonest in his eyes; he said. He described the AAP as a "group of unstable people" deceiving people under the garb of honesty.
However, he parried queries over the Gujarat BJP strongman not replying to questions put by AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal stating that any need existed for answering to "bakwas mandali (ridiculous group)". He alleged that the AAP was being funded by foreign organisations.
Reacting to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's statement in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi that Mahatma Gandhi was killed by people belonging to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP vice-president said the Congress and other parties in the "secular syndicate" were trying to divert the election issues relating to development.
Pointing out that Sensex has hit a fresh life-time high today; he asserted that sentiments in the market are positive even with the indication that the end of the Congress' misrule is imminent.