Uttar Pradesh election: PM Modi talks about hung Assembly at Mau rally. Is BJP nervous?
Speaking at a rally in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party are working on a plan to dent BJP's chances.
Ever since dates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly election were announced, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass has been claiming to win 300 seats. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh to party president Amit Shah, the BJP leadership has expressed confidence of winning an overwhelming majority in Uttar Pradesh and ruling out any impact of the alliance between the Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party.
However, after five phases of voting, the BJP appears to be nervous. Addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh's eastern town of Mau today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about SP-Congress working on a plan to deny BJP a chance to return to power in the state.
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"After several rounds of voting, I can tell you that they (SP, Congress) are losing. People have rejected them. Now, Samajwadi Party, Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are working on a new game plan...they are working for a hung Assembly," PM Modi said.
What prompted PM Modi to mention about hung Assembly? Has the BJP realised that it will really be a tough task for it to win full majority in the Assembly election, which is being seen as the test of PM Modi's 'gamble' of demonetisation and also as a semi-final before the 2019 general elections.
Political pundits believe that had BJP been confident of winning a clear majority in Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi would have never mentioned about possibility of a hung Assembly.
Though PM Modi repeatedly stressed at Mau rally that the BJP is capable of forming the next government in Uttar Pradesh on its own, his hung Assembly remark certainly highlights his party's worry.
Infact, Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently acknowledged that the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance has certainly put a dent to BJP's prospects.
"Without that (alliance), we would have crossed 300 seats," Rajnath Singh told NDTV last week. However, he added that the party was maintaining a comfortable lead.
WHAT PM MODI SAID AT MAU RALLY:
- When Nehruji was the Prime Minster, BJP MP Vishwanathji from Ghazipur expressed concern over poverty. In 1962, speaking in Parliament he had said that people in eastern UP survived on grains of wheat picked from cow-dung. He had also tabled a report regarding this but Congress never took any action. They should be ashamed of asking for votes in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
- People of Uttar Pradesh have made up their minds to support the Bharatiya Janata Party. Our alliance partners will be made part of the government as are a party that believes in taking everyone together.
- For the first time in 30 years, the world is talking about India. It is because there is a stable government at the Centre. Uttar Pradesh will also develop if there BJP comes to power to provide a stable government.
- Congress, SP, BSP know they are going to suffer a defeat. So, now they working to dent BJP's chance. They are creating an environment that no party get majority.
- There is no law and order in Uttar Pradesh. Incidents of loot, rape, riots are reported daily from the state. The ruling party cares little for the ever rising crime graph. Samajwadi Party has given tickets to criminals...they are making fun of democracy.
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