BJP patriarch lK Advani on Friday gave “maximum” credit of party’s lok Sabha election victory to Opposition saying the massive corruption and errors committed by the previous regime in the last ten years contributed to their win.
“I have seen all elections since 1952. When 2014 elections were over, I felt for me and my party this election was unprecedented. I was delighted as there were never such results. Our party workers worked very hard in this election,” Advani said after hoisting the Tricolour at his residence here.
Describing the 2014 general election as “unprecedented”, the BJP veteran also said that party workers worked hard in party’s campaign.
“The massive campaign carried out under the leadership of Narendra Modi also contributed to the victory,” Advani said.
The veteran leader, however, said, “But I would not deny that maximum contribution to this victory was from the Opposition who were fighting against me. Had they not committed so many grave errors and had people not witnessed so much corruption in the last 10 years then probably this kind of results would not have come.”
Winning 282 seats in the lok Sabha elections, BJP, for the first time, itself obtained a clear majority in lok Sabha with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance winning a total of 336 seats.
Advani said, “The expectation from us have gone up because of the spectacular victory.”
Thanking the Prime Minister for his extempore speech, Advani said, “After the election results, this was the 68th Independence Day. I thanked the PM for not giving any written speech on the occasion. He addressed extempore at the ramparts of Red Fort and it has a good impact on the public.”
On Modi’s call for proper sanitation facilities, Advani said, “I used to say that in my constituency when foreign visitors witnessed the open defecation in the morning along the rail track it was not a good experience for them. I had told the district committee we should try to eliminate this open defecation practise at least in Gandhinagar. All houses and schools should have
toilets.”