No ‘if and but’; BJP will win Guj poll: Kushwaha

Patna: Union minister of state for human resource development and RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha on Friday said that there is no “if and but” about the BJP winning Assembly elections and forming a new government in Gujarat. “There is no if and but. BJP will win the elections and form the government in Gujarat,” Mr Kushwaha told reporters here.

Mr Kushwaha’s RLSP is an ally of the BJP in the NDA coalition at the Centre as well in Bihar.

Condemning the suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's “neech” remark on the Prime Minister, Kushwaha said such statement would trigger a natural reaction among the people of Gujarat which may ultimately benefit the BJP.

“Such remarks are not only unfortunate but also unacceptable in politics and public life,” the minister said strongly criticing the derogatory comment of the Congress leader.

Replying to a query on allegations of an eight year old girl of Class II of a Patna school sexually assaulted by a sweeper inside the school bathroom, the MOS for HRD said stern action will be taken against the school administration including de-affialiating it if a probe report suggests so.