Veteran Congress politician fire backs on BJP

On Jan 14, 2019

NPnewsOnline LUCKNOW: Ever since BJP has come into power, BJP ministers especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been frequently questioning Congress’s contribution and existence in the 70 years tenure. Recently while announcing the decision over the all 80 seats in UP in the 2019 polls, Congress veteran general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad said his party was the only one that could topple the BJP at the Centre and gave a firing response.

Those who say there is no difference between Congress and BJP must remember the Congress under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel has been the driving force behind free India. “Modi asks what the Congress did in 70 years after Independence. All we can say is that the country struggled for freedom under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru and achieved it. We gave a secular Constitution to the country and worked for the balanced development of all sections, whereas the BJP destroyed the social fabric of India to grab political power,” Azad said.

He further added, “The country, which evolved from a developing to an aspiring super power, is being fragmented by BJP and RSS. And Congress is the only party that can defeat BJP and end Modi-raj.”

He also explained that the Congress is the only party which can remove the Narendra Modi government at the Centre in the forthcoming national elections. We are ready to contest in all the 80 constituencies of the heartland state with confidence and force.

The recent declaration by Akhilesh and Mayawati formally ended all talk of a potential Congress-SP-BSP alliance that had come under strain last December, when Congress chief Rahul refused to share seats with the parties in the state elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

The question if both the former chief ministers decide to enter the argument, “It is not clear that Mayawati and Akhilesh would contest the Lok Sabha elections. We will think on this issue only when such a situation arises.”