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BJP will be a force to be reckoned with in Punjab: Arun Singh
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Shashi Bhushan | 26 Sep, 2021
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form governments in four states
and improve its performance in Punjab, says Arun Singh, the National
General Secretary of party.
Elections will be held in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab in February- March next year.
In
an exclusive interview with IANS, Singh said that the BJP will be a
force to be reckoned with in Punjab after next year's assembly polls and
the party government in states are working round the clock for making
people's life better.
Also a Rajya Sabha member and party
in-charge for Rajasthan and Karnataka, Singh stated that all is well in
both the states and they have started preparation for next assembly
polls.
"There is no resentment of difference in Rajasthan BJP," he said.
Excerpts of the interview...
Q: What are the BJP's chances in next year's Assembly polls in the five states?
Singh:
THe BJP is doing extremely well in all the five states. Our workers are
working hard among people and we are confident of winning next year's
assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Punjab.
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of �Sabka Ka Sath,
Sabha ka Vikas and Sabka Prayas', the BJP government in the states is
working round the clock for improving people's lives.
The BJP
will form the government in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand
with a huge majority for the second consecutive term. The party's
performance will improve in Punjab from its current position. THe BJP
will be a force to be reckoned with in Punjab after next year's Assembly
polls.
The BJP will be contesting the Punjab polls alone for the
first time after one of the oldest ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) broke
ties. The situation has changed a lot from the last Assembly polls in
Punjab and seeing the work on ground I am confident of a very good
result.
Q: It is learnt that the BJP in Rajasthan has decided
to break the existing pattern of changing the government every five
years in the state. Would you explain about it?
Singh: For
decades ,people are seeing a new government every five years. The state
unit has decided to draw a strategy to work to change the pattern for a
new government every five years. There are many states where the BJP
has been in power for many years. We were in power for almost three
decades in Gujarat, around two decades in Madhya Pradesh and ruled
Chhattisgarh for 15 years in a row.
It has been decided to work
in such a way that this pattern of new government every five years in
many states must get changed.
In 2017, Goa gave a second term to the BJP for the first time which used to change governments every five years.
In 2019, Haryana elected the the BJP government for a second term. This year in Assam, our government got another term.
Early next year, Uttar Pradesh will elect a BJP government for another five years. Later, Himachal Pradesh will do the same.
The continuity of the BJP government in many states proves people are with development oriented governance.
Q:
There is a lot of difference in the Rajasthan unit, where former Chief
Minister Vasundhara Raje and her supporters are not on the same page
with the state leadership. Is it true?
Singh: There is no
resentment of difference in the Rajasthan BJP. Everyone is painting the
wrong picture when everyone is working together with the sole objective
to dislodge the Congress government in the 2023 Assembly polls.
Rajasthan
BJP is one the oldest unit and people, who are saying differences, must
understand that like the organisation, the cadre is a mix of old and
new. Everyone there is working together.
Raje is a senior leader
and the currently National Vice President of the party and she is not in
loggerheads with the state leadership.
Q: Lots of controversy
erupted when Raje's picture was removed from the BJP's hoarding and
posters. Is it true that the incidents have widened the gap between her
and the state leadership?
Singh: Let me explain to everyone, we
have a basic guideline for using photos in the background of meeting and
conference halls and inside party headquarters. It is followed by all
the state units and Rajasthan also follows it. Some people with vested
interest without knowing the facts spread the wrong information and
created a false narrative that all is not well in Rajasthan BJP, which
is not true.
Similarly, these guidelines are not followed for putting hoarding outside or in the city.
Q: Earlier this week, Rajasthan BJP held a two-day �chintan baithak'. What was the agenda of the meeting?
Singh:
I cannot share details of discussion held or decisions taken in the
meeting. In the meeting we discussed in detail our plans for the next
2023 Assembly polls.
Q: Will the BJP announce the Chief Minister face in Rajasthan?
Singh:
The BJP parliamentary board and Central leadership will decide whether
the party announces the Chief Ministerial face or not. In many state
elections we won without declaring the Chief Ministerial name. We won
Haryana in 2014 and Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in 2017.
Q: Why is the BJP very critical of the Ashok Gehlot government in recent times?
Singh:
There is a strong anti-incumbency against the Gehlot government. People
are suffering to live a simple and peaceful life. There is a complete
breakdown of law and order. Covid-19 management exposed the health
infrastructure of the Gehlot government's preparedness.
They were
not able to use medicines and a ventilators sent by the Centre. They
threw the vaccines in the dustbin, and sent the Remdesivir injection to
Punjab. They were also not able to set up oxygen plants for which funds
were provided under PM-CARES.
Chief Minister Gehlot's government failed to serve and take care of its own people.
Q: So what are the BJP's plans for the 2023 Assembly polls in Rajasthan?
Singh:
We will strengthen our organisation across the state and inform people
about the failure of the Congress government. BJP workers will launch a
massive 'aandolan' (movement) against the Congress government across the
state.
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