HASSAN: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate LK Advani has alleged that the UPA government dealt with the foreign affairs in such a manner that India has to tackle a large number of problems everyday. He was speaking at the BJP open meet held on the premises of District Stadium here on Saturday.
Beginning his speech in Kannada saying “Bandhu, Bhaginiyarige nanna namaskaragal, Advani said, “People from neighbouring countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma and Bangladesh are rushing towards India owing to the UPA government’s ineffective foreign policy.” Addressing the gathering, he said that he learnt Kannada language at the time of Emergency when he was imprisoned in Bangalore in 1975. “I can read the headlines of Kannada dailies,” he said.
Stating that he witnessed the potential of Indians during the NDA’s rule, he said, “No power on the earth can stop the 21 century from being India’s century if people use their potentials properly and elect the right people in the coming Lok Sabha polls.” He said, appealing to the gathering to throw out the UPA government and bring the BJP back to power.
He said that the BJP has the potential to convert the crisis into an opportunity.
BJP’S HISTORY & BSY RULE
Going back to history, Advani said, “We started this political movement under the tag of the Bharatiya Jana Sangha’ and later merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party as per Jayaprakash Narayan’s advice. Surprisingly, we were thrown out the party which made us to grow in the political arena. Hence, the BJP ruled the country for six years under the leadership of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The same is applicable even to Yeddyurappa’s government in the state,” he added.
BLACK MONEY & TRANSPARENCY
Regarding the use of black money, Advani said that he was not raising the issue of black money just because elections are around the corner.
“In fact, I have brought the issue to the notice of Man Mohan Singh last year.
But, they made fun of me and said that I was making false statements. It seems the Congress party has come to realise the significance of the issue. That is why the Prime Minister said that if the UPA comes to power at the Centre, it would bring back the black money, allegedly deposited in foreign banks before 100 days and use it for the development of the country,” he said.
Advani said people deposited black money in foreign banks only to avoid tax, adding that banking transparency was the need of the hour.'
BJP’s prospects and UPA’s failures
Pointing out that there were two differences between the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha Polls, Advani said one difference is the disappointment that Atal Bihari Vajpayee is not part of the election campaign owing to ill health and the other is the pleasure that the BJP is no longer a north Indian’s party as it is ruling the state now, he added.
Advani said that though the NDA Government implemented several pro-people projects such as Kisan Crop Insurance, Kisan Credit Card, Prime Minister Rural Road Scheme and River Connectivity Project, the party had failed to perform well in the 2004 polls owing to the overconfidence. But, now, the party is confident of coming to power at the Centre and not overconfident, he added.
The Congress party had stated that its symbol (hand) is with the common man when the party came to power at the Centre in 2004. But, the UPA government completely failed to protect the interests of farmers and common men.
A large number of farmers committed suicide in the states governed by the Congress such as Maharastra and Andhra Pradesh, he alleged.
“People are struggling to have their daily food as the price of domestic commodities has gone sky high,” he said.
No confusion in BJP over PM candidate
The BJP has dismissed charges of rival parties that there was a confusion over its prime ministerial candidate.
Senior party leader Venkaiah Naidu said that Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha LK Advani was the only PM candidate projected by the party.
Refuting charges of the Opposition parties that the BJP was projecting Gujarat CM Narendra Modi as the next PM candidate, Naidu said that there was still time for the 2013 elections to project a new candidate.
“As of today, our PM candidate is Advani,’’ he said.
On AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad’s challenge to Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to quit the seat in favour of a dalit leader, Naidu alleged that the “Congress had always been an anti-Dalit party”.
“The Congress had even denied ticket to Ambedkar and forced him to embrace Buddhism,” Naidu alleged.
On the low voter turn out, the former BJP national president said that he did not believe in blaming anyone. ``Probably extreme weather conditions could be a reason,’’ he said, a nd denied suggestions that low turn out could prove to be detrimental to the party’s prospects.
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“We started this political movement under the tag of the Bharatiya Jana Sangha’ and later merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party as per Jayaprakash Narayan’s advice.It was merged to Janata Party and after Janatha Party leaders threw them off, they started Bharatiya Janata Party.
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