Gaya: Taking a dig at Congress-SP alliance in UP, former Union minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain has said the SP has made the BJP's task of making Congress-mukt (Congress-free) India easier.
Shahnawaz, one of the BJP's star campaigners in UP and Uttarakhand, said Congress used to contest all the 400-plus seats in UP. Post alliance, the party is contesting around 100 seats, which means the country's largest state was already 75% freed of Congress. The rest of the job will be done by the people, he said.
Talking to TOI during his Gaya visit on Wednesday, Shahnawaz said he campaigned extensively in UP and Uttarakhand and was optimistic about his party's performance in the assembly elections in the two states. The BJP will comfortably win both the states, he claimed.
Attributing the alliance in UP to Akhilesh Yadav's political panic, Shahnawaz said the UP CM betrayed his nervousness by making the 'unholy' alliance. The BJP was contesting UP polls on the twin planks of governance and development, the areas where Akhilesh has miserably failed to deliver.
He also said he came to know about the imminent withdrawal of Gaya-Varanasi-Delhi flight on account of runway re-carpeting of the Varanasi airport. He has talked to the Air India CMD and the airline official has told him that all efforts would be made to retain air connectivity between Gaya and Delhi during the Varanasi runway repair.
16/02/17 Abdul Qadir/Times of India
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Shahnawaz, one of the BJP's star campaigners in UP and Uttarakhand, said Congress used to contest all the 400-plus seats in UP. Post alliance, the party is contesting around 100 seats, which means the country's largest state was already 75% freed of Congress. The rest of the job will be done by the people, he said.
Talking to TOI during his Gaya visit on Wednesday, Shahnawaz said he campaigned extensively in UP and Uttarakhand and was optimistic about his party's performance in the assembly elections in the two states. The BJP will comfortably win both the states, he claimed.
Attributing the alliance in UP to Akhilesh Yadav's political panic, Shahnawaz said the UP CM betrayed his nervousness by making the 'unholy' alliance. The BJP was contesting UP polls on the twin planks of governance and development, the areas where Akhilesh has miserably failed to deliver.
He also said he came to know about the imminent withdrawal of Gaya-Varanasi-Delhi flight on account of runway re-carpeting of the Varanasi airport. He has talked to the Air India CMD and the airline official has told him that all efforts would be made to retain air connectivity between Gaya and Delhi during the Varanasi runway repair.
16/02/17 Abdul Qadir/Times of India
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