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Lotus set to bloom across J&K in next assembly polls: BJP leader
People love and support the BJP and we are confident that the lotus will bloom in both the regions in the next assembly polls, said Ravinder Raina, the president of the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit
Buoyed by the electoral success of the BJP in four states, Ravinder Raina, the president of the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit, on Saturday said the “lotus” will bloom across the Union Territory in the next assembly polls.
Lotus is the poll symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Raina said the party is confident of achieving its target of winning over 50 seats to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir.
“People love and support the BJP and we are confident that the lotus will bloom in both the regions (Kashmir and Jammu) in the next assembly polls,” he said at the party office here.
Several leaders, including Sanjeev Bali, the son of prominent National Conference (NC) leader and former minister Bodh Raj Bali, and Other Backward Class (OBC) leader Raju Ram, joined the saffron party in the presence of Raina on Saturday.
Welcoming the new entrants into the BJP-fold, Raina said, “People from all communities are joining the party every day, influenced by the welfare and development schemes of the government and the prime minister’s slogan of sabka sath, sabka vikas aur sabka vishwas.”
“There is no one who can fight the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress is finished across the country and you need a pair of binoculars to look for Congressmen.... People have witnessed the rule of the NC and the PDP and they are annoyed with these parties. Dogras, Kashmiris, Paharis, Bakerwals, Gujjars and everyone else is joining the BJP,” he said, when asked what does he make of the challenge posed by the AAP.
Bali said he was inspired by the BJP’s policies. “It is the only party that is keeping its promises. As many as 12,000 daily wagers are being regularised after waiting for long and it was possible only because of the party,” he said.
Ram, the president of the ‘Baazigar’ sect, said he decided to join the BJP along with his supporters as it is the only party that is working for the welfare of the poor.
Tarun Chugh condemns killing of sarpanch
BJP’s national general secretary and in-charge, Jammu and Kashmir, Tarun Chugh on Saturday strongly condemned the killing of a sarpanch in Kulgam. In a statement issued here, Chugh termed the incident highly condemnable and deplorable while demanding the perpetrators of this heinous act be brought to justice.
He also said that there was no justification to kill an innocent and violence in all its manifestation has no place in any civilized society across the world.
