BJP will now rule UP, vows Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah said here on Thursday that his party was all set to form the next government in Uttar Pradesh in 2017. He said the people were anxiously waiting for a BJP government in the state because they were fed up with the casteist policies of the SP and the BSP and the lack of development.

The BJP president was here to inaugurate the renovated BJP office and said that he was confident of the party getting a comfortable majority after the Assembly elections. He said the base of the BJP was rapidly growing and every district in the state would have its own office by the end of this year.

He said though he did not wish to discuss politics on the occasion, he did wish to ask questions on the issue of nationalism. “I want to ask the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi if he believes that the slogans raised in JNU amounted to being anti-national or were a part of freedom of speech. The Congress must clarify its ideological stand on this issue,” he said.

He said that since the past six days he had been posing these questions to Mr Gandhi but the latter refused to reply and clear the air. Mr Shah called upon party cadres to raise this issue in every village so the people get a clear picture of Congress’ controversy.

“I specially want to ask the Congress whether those raising slogans favouring Afzal Guru and Bharat ke tukde honge should be treated for sedition or not,” he stated, adding that anti-national sloganeering will not be tolerated.

To another question, Mr Shah said that SP and BSP government had ruined Uttar Pradesh and speedy development would take place only when the BJP came to power.

He said that the BJP was the only party that did not indulge in vote bank politics and always framed broad based policies that benefitted all.