Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday said that the country had been seeing a Modi wave and the BJP was poised to write a new history in Chhattisgarh by winning all the 11 seats.
“Chhattisgarh is on a development trajectory and I would like to thank the workers for the party's third consecutive win during the Assembly polls and for giving a fitting reply to the Congress party in the polls,'' said Singh while addressing a convention of BJP workers here.
“Now you have the lok Sabha polls and the Congress needs to be uprooted from Chhattisgarh,” Singh told the party cadres. He stated that the entire country is eagerly looking forward to see Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.
Singh, who is heading the BJP government in the mineral-rich state since Dec 2003, reiterated his claims, "In Chhattisgarh, we would need to win all the 11 seats."Modi will kickstart his campaign in Chhattisgarh on March 28 from the tribal heartland and Maoist-infested Kondagaon.
Chhattisgarh goes to the polls in three phases beginning from April 10. The BJP has fielded Raman's lone son, Abhishek Singh, as its nominee from Rajnandgaon where poll is due in the second phase on April 17. The third and the final phase of polling in the state will be held on April 24.