The former BJP chief and senior leader Rajnath Singh alleged that Congress was responsible for backwardness of Muslims in the country. “After independence, the Congress and its policies are responsible for backwardness of Muslims in the country,” he told an election rally here. The former BJP chief also lashed out at the Congress on the issue of corruption.
Turning to the ruling BSP, he said Chief Minister and party supremo Mayawati tried to clean her image by sacking tainted ministers. However, “she fully knows that a Minister cannot do a scam without CM’s knowledge”, the former BJP chief said.
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Former deputy prime minister and BJP leader Lal Krishan Advani Preferring to speak about own achievements in BJP-ruled states and party’s dream of converting Uttar Pradesh into Uttam Pardesh, Advani was addressing a huge public rally on Ramlila ground in Shastri Nagar on Sunday evening in support of BJP candidates contesting from the 10 assembly constituencies of the district.
Advani also targetted the BSP supremo Mayawati and the BSP government for giving a poor governance to the people of the state. He said Kanpur had been pulled back in terms of development at a time when other states, especially those where BJP…
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said that party is not against Muslime, it was against reservation to the community as it was an attempt to divide the country. Taking a dig at Mayawati, the BJP leader alleged that BSP had nothing to do with the common man as over Rs 600 crore alone was spent on installing statues of elephants and Mayawati.
Holding Congress responsible for the steep price-rise, Swaraj said inflation was bound to rise as a Congress minister committed scam of Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
BJP leader Uma Bharti, taking on Sonia Gandhi in her constituency blamed the Congress for backwardness and poverty in Rae Bareli. She also asked the Congress chief to give a clarification on the Batla House encounter issue following “contradictory statements” from her party leaders.
Bharti also demanded that Election Commission should take stern action against Salman Khurshid for his recent statements on the minorities’ sub quota.
BJP’s senior leader Arun Jaitley on Sunday alleged that the Congress is trying to communalise in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. He was referring to Congress leader and Union law minister Salman Khurshid’s reported comment that Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi had tears in her eyes when the issue of Batla house encounter was put up before her.
“Congress has deployed two of its leaders (Digvijaya Singh and Salman Khurshid) to spread communal feeling amongst the voters, while the rest pretend to speak on developmental issues,” Jaitley said at a pr-ess conference.
BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday allegation on Congress and the Samajwadi Party of playing a game of reservation. it will be dangerous not only for UP, but for the country. he alleged that issue of reservation on religious grounds was being raised with an eye on Uttar Pradesh polls.
The BJP president said that when debate was held in the Parliament on the issue it was pointed that a constitutional amendment would be required to get it passed by two-thirds majority. Congress was not in a position to get it passed by two-third majority and SP lacked the strength.…