Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 7 (ANI): BJP will collapse like pack of cards under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh, said senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Monday.
Speaking to ANI, Moily claimed Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is doing “excellent work” in Uttar Pradesh and the people of the state will give her preference over Chief Minister Adityanath.
“As far as UP is concerned, BJP thinks that they are strong. But, it will collapse like pack of cards under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath because of the schemes of the Central government like demonetisation and implementation of GST and rising unemployment in the state,” said Moily.
The Congress leader said, “mere slogans can not capture or fool people. They can do for once, but not forever”.
He said Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is doing excellent work, and “people see an image former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in her”.
“Priyanka Gandhi is working day in and day out in UP. When you compare Adityanath and Priyanka Gandhi, definitely the people of UP will prefer Priyanka and Congress,” he said.
Speaking about the Assembly election in Punjab, Moily said Congress will definitely stage a comeback in the upcoming polls.
“The High Command of the Congress party has taken very prompt action as far as Punjab is concerned and they called Navjot Singh Sidhu. Party has agreed to make Sidhu the PCC President. After becoming the PCC president, Sidhu has to discipline his people and himself. He should co-operate. The goodwill of the party is undoubtedly carried by Captain Amarinder Singh,” said the Congress leader,
When asked if Congress made a mistake by elevating Sidhu in Punjab, Moily said, “I don’t think choosing Sidhu is a wrong choice. Congress party is always magnanimous. It always wants to accommodate people rather than putting out.”
He added that in Chhattisgarh also, Congress stage a come back because the party has given excellent governance and “we have very good leadership there.” (ANI)
Ahead of 2022 UP Assembly polls, BJP appoints presidents to five districts
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 7 (ANI): Ahead of 2022 assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday appointed district presidents to Shrawasti, Barabanki, Unnao, Badayun and Sant Kabir Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh.
According to a statement issued by Uttar Pradesh BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh, Mahesh Mishra Om, Shashank Kushmesh, Awdhesh Kateyar, Rajeev Gupta, Jagdamba Srivastava have been appointed as the district presidents of Shrawasti, Barabanki, Unnao, Badayun and Sant Kabir Nagar districts respectively.
Meanwhile, ahead of state Assembly polls next year, the BJP organised an enlightened class conference in all 403 constituencies from September 5.
According to the BJP, the conference was organised on September 5 in 17 metro cities of Uttar Pradesh and later it will be held in all 403 assembly seats from September 6-20.
Through these conferences, the BJP aims to reach out to intellectuals of the society like teachers, professors, engineers, doctors and writers to discuss the work done, achievements and other welfare works of the state government.
Subrata Pathak, state general secretary and in-charge of enlightened class conference Campaign, had informed, “Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with other ministers will inaugurate the enlightened class conference in Saharanpur on September 5.”
Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are scheduled to take place early next year.
In the 2017 Assembly polls, the BJP won 325 seats out of a total of 403 Assembly seats. Samajwadi Party and its allies won 54 seats, BSP won 19 seats and others won 5 seats respectively. (ANI)
