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BJP will win 130 seats if assembly polls are held now: BYV
Mysuru: State BJP president BY Vijayendra on Sunday claimed the party would win 130 seats in the state under his leadership if elections were held to the assembly now. He also said he gave special focus to winning more seats in the Old Mysuru region.
He was speaking after inaugurating the Viksith Bharath Sankalp convention organised by the dstrict BJP unit, which was held to mark 11 years of the Modi govt. He said he would make efforts to strengthen the party by touring across the state and highlighting the failures of the Congress govt in the next two years. "I will not rest until bringing the party to power," he said, adding that the party also made preparations to win a majority of seats in the upcoming ZP, TP panchayat elections in the state.
Vijayendra also challenged the Congress leaders, stating he was ready to take part in an open debate over the issue of initiating development works for Mysore-Chamarajanagar districts, comparing the present Congress and previous BJP govts. He criticised the state Congress govt, which came to power with the assurance of implementing guarantee schemes. However, he claimed that development works took a backseat in the state due to a paucity of funds, as the govt focused only on guarantee schemes, neglecting development.
CM Siddaramaiah, who came to power by levelling false corruption charges against the BJP govt, has now exposed his corrupt face, Vijayendra said, contending that Siddaramaiah and his family members were involved in Muda and other scams. Now, the state govt has planned to loot money by announcing the distribution of food kits instead of providing rice to Anna Bhagya beneficiaries, he said. Siddaramaiah, who claims to be a champion of OBCs, is indulging in the appeasement of Muslims for vote bank, he said.
Vijayendra also stated that PM Modi was taking the nation forward by maintaining transparency in administration and putting an end to corruption. Now, India has emerged as the fourth-largest economy in the world under his leadership. The Union govt, committed to the welfare of farmers, successfully rolled out the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, providing Rs 6,000 incentives in three instalments for small and marginal farmers, and is now providing 1.5 lakh crore subsidy grants for the promotion of agriculture and empowerment of farmers.
MP Yaduveer Wadiyar asked BJP workers to shun their individual differences and work together to bring the party to power. He said BJP would win a comfortable majority even if mid-term polls were declared in the state, as the people were upset by maladministration, corruption, scams, and the increase in the price of essential commodities.
Rural BJP president Kumbralli Subbanna, city president L Nagendra, former MP Pratap Simha, MLA T Srivatsa, and others were present.
