Union minister Jitendra Singh Sunday said the Congress has lost the plot and it is faced with the prospect of an imminent defeat in Assam as its leaders are in a state of confusion and disarray . Winding up the last day of the election campaign here, he said, while each of the BJP workers has been on the ground and among the people continuously and constantly for the last three months, the Congress leaders came like tourists and left even before their presence could be felt. The election result of May 2nd will also be an endorsement of the fact that the voter today, particularly the youth voter, is in favour of prioritisation of development agenda carried out by the BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and rejects the politics of division on the basis of religion as propagated by the Congress, Singh told PTI.
Attacking BJP government led by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Assam, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress senior observer for state assembly polls Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said that the BJP has failed to deliver on 2016 poll promises. They had promised to seal Bangladesh border, construct Expressways on both sides of Brahmaputra river and raise daily wages of tea garden workers, but they didn t. BJP ka nasha utar gaya hai. They have failed to deliver promises, said Baghel in a release. The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister claimed that BJP is confused and Assam is going to slip out of their hands. They (BJP) don t have any agenda. They should first decide whether Sarbananda Sonowal or Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has been the Chief Minister for the last five years in Assam. BJP is confused and Assam is going to slip out of their hands, the Congress leader statedn.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addresses the finalists of National Youth Parliament Festival-2021 at the Central Hall of Parliament House. Picture credit (PTI)
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working tirelessly to lay the foundation of Atmanirbhar Bharat on the lines of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri who worked for a self-sufficient India in food security, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Monday. Underlining that the peoples faith in democracy has continued to increase, Birla said in the last seven decades, Indian democracy has continuously thrived and strengthened itself. The strength of Indian democracy can be seen from the fact that the transfer of power has always occurred smoothly and as per our democratic traditions, he said.