BJP veteran lK Advani on Sunday identified ‘inflation, corruption and black money’ as the dominant issues of the next general elections and asked party to lay focus on ‘good governance, prudent politics and ideal image’ to win people’s heart.
The former deputy Prime Minister, who unsuccessfully led the party in the 2009 general election, told BJP office bearers that they need to reach out to people with the historical performance of the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government to make them understand the difference between the Congress and the Opposition party.
The most vocal leaders in the BJP on probity in public life, Advani said the party need to be extra careful about its image and should practise prudent politics and try to have an ideal image that could attract people.
As someone who has toured across the nation to highlight the issue of black money, Advani said recent revelation has brought this subject again to the centre stage of political discourse. “Inflation and corruption will remain the main issues in the lok Sabha polls,” Advani said.
The BJP veteran claimed “over confidence” of party workers was one of the reasons for the ouster for the NDA Government in 2004 and asked them to be more cautioned this time. “Party workers should use their full potential and not become complacent,” he said.
The BJP veteran enumerated achievements of the NDA government and said six crore jobs were created by it while UPA has only created 30 lakh jobs in nine years.