AAP ‘B team’ of Congress, says BJP

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 11

BJP national secretary and municipal election in-charge Vinod Tawde today alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was the ‘B team’ of the Congress. The party had people joining it from the Congress, he said.

Addressing a press conference, Tawde alleged that the Congress wanted to buy voters iin the city and give the ticket to big builders and moneylenders, but the votes of the people of Chandigarh could not be bought at any cost. “Their plans to buy the faith of city residents on the basis of money will not succeed,” he added. Election co-incharge and Rajya Sabha MP Indu Bala Goswami and city BJP president Arun Sood, Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma and other leaders of the party were accompanying Tawde.

The BJP poll incharge said the process of electoral preparations had been started. For these elections, an 85-member election steering committee was constituted under the leadership of Sood, MP Kirron Kher, former MP Satya Pal Jain and former city BJP president Sanjay Tandon.

Tawde said the BJP would ask for votes on the basis of the works done during the last five years and its future plans.

He said the BJP slogan for this election was ‘Chalo Chalen Modi Ke Saath’.

The manifesto of the party will be prepared in the form of a citizen’s charter, which will be based on public participation and suggestions. Speaking about the candidate-selection process, Tawde said all divisions of the BJP would prepare a list of persons willing to contest the election and send it to the district team. After an analysis, contenders would be shortlisted and their list would be sent to the election committee. Tickets would be finalised by the election committee.

Tawde said the participation of MP Kirron Kher would be there during the election and she would keep in touch online.

The opposition was completely scattered, he said while adding that there would be no grand alliance. “Our party is ready to deal with all situations,” he said.

In the recent Haryana byelections, there was an increase in the BJP votes. There was no effect of the farmers’ agitation. “It is not a movement of farmers but of farmers’ organisations,” he said, while adding that the government would take steps to discuss the pertinent issues of farmers.

“The people of Chandigarh have full faith in Modi ji. With this confidence, the BJP will register a 100 per cent victory in the MC elections,” he added.

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