Congress fights polls to help BJP win, alleges Manish Sisodia
Talking to reporters forward of his roadshow in Surat, Sisodia claimed the individuals of Gujarat are trying on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a “strong political alternative” and with a hope to defeat the BJP, which has dominated numerous native our bodies within the state for greater than 20 years.
Elections to six municipal companies – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar – can be held on February 21.
Besides, polls to numerous different municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats in Gujarat can be held on February 28.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has for the primary time fielded candidates throughout numerous native our bodies in Gujarat, and Surat is the third metropolis within the state the place Sisodia held a roadshow after Ahmedabad and Rajkot.
“I am happy to see the contest in the local body polls in Gujarat is between the BJP and AAP. People want to give a chance to Kejriwal’s politics after looking at his governance in Delhi,” Sisodia mentioned.
The AAP chief additional mentioned he visited Ahmedabad, Rajkot, and now Surat, the place individuals informed him how they’re “fed up with the BJP and want it to be defeated”.
He claimed individuals informed him that they earlier needed to defeat the BJP, however the Congress was their solely various.
“The Congress contests elections to help the BJP win. Its strategy is to help the BJP win,” Sisodia alleged.
Today, individuals have gotten an alternate. They usually are not simply trying on the AAP instead, but in addition as a hope, he mentioned.
Sisodia additional claimed individuals perceive it’s the AAP, and “not the Congress”, which may defeat the BJP.
“We will get full majority. Our target is to defeat the BJP,” he mentioned.
Sisodia mentioned individuals of Gujarat are evaluating the 25- year-old rule of the BJP within the state’s native our bodies to the five-year rule of the AAP in Delhi and so they can “clearly see a difference”.
He mentioned individuals can see how in only a quick interval of 5 years, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal ensured authorities colleges are developed in a such a manner that they will compete with non-public colleges.
On the opposite hand, in Gujarat, authorities colleges are being shut down, he claimed.
“If private schools in Delhi can be stopped from raising fees in an arbitrary manner, then why can’t the BJP do the same in Gujarat?” he sought to know.
“If in just five years, government hospitals in Delhi can be turned fabulous, then why are hospitals in Surat, Ahmedabad, Rajkot in shambles?” he additional requested.
Sisodia mentioned if the Kejriwal authorities in Delhi can guarantee free electrical energy to 70 per cent residents and free consuming water to them, then why cannot the identical be finished in Gujarat.
“We hope that very soon, the BJP will start getting defeated,” he mentioned.
Sisodia additionally questioned the silence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the killing of 25-year-old Rinku Sharma allegedly by a bunch of males following a quarrel at a birthday celebration in Delhi on February 10.
While Sharma’s brother has alleged that he was killed as he was actively collaborating within the donation drive for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the Delhi Police have denied any communal angle to the homicide and mentioned the combat on the birthday celebration happened over a enterprise rivalry.
“We are hurt, because in the country, people are being murdered for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, and Delhi Police, who are responsible for the safety of people in the national capital, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are least concerned about the law and order of Delhi,” Sisodia alleged.
All he (Shah) is anxious about is the (forthcoming) West Bengal elections, the AAP chief claimed.
