IMPHAL, December 23: The Congress has suffered political defeat at the hands of the BJP in national elections and now the State Congress will be demolished from the State in no time, stated State BJP chief Thounaojam Chaoba.
He was speaking at the inaugural of a mass enrolment drive of the BJP Heingang Mandal at the Achanbingei Lai Haraopham Comunity Hall organised by the pradhan of Kontha Khabam Pradhan Gram Panchayat and supported by the Pradhan of Heingang Gram Panchayat and Upa-Adaksha of Imphal East District today.
The condition of the Congress in India is like a withered tree whose roots have been cut off by the sharp blade of Narendra Modi. In the name of Secularism, the Congress has ruled the country for more than 60 years but Modi`s development oriented politics has captured the hearts and minds of people, he said.
During the last six months, NDA changed the country in a lot of ways in comparison with the previous Manmohan Singh led government. Even Gandhi had asked to do away with the Congress which was used as a means for attaining independence during India`™s freedom struggle. But Nehru capitalised on the Congress party by using secularism as a plank with political motivation to create a vote bank in elections, the State BJP chief opined.
Modi has uprooted the Congress party from the Indian soil. Now, the country is directed towards development for the poor people. The NDA government is stressing on the welfare of women and poor people and intends to strike a balance between poor and rich people. The previous government brought financial woes for the economy.
The mission of opening zero balance accounts will be completed in March 31 next year as per the instructions given to all the banks of India by the Prime Minister. The scheme was taken up with the goal of giving access to a regular bank transaction to poor people, he said.
Alleging that the clarification from MDS was meant to cover its corruption during the construction of the sports complex, he said he was merely asking whether the iron bars were transported in Activa scooters or Auto rickshaws from Dimapur for constructing sport complexes in Kodompokpi and Kakching.
He said that MDS was registered under Manipur Register Society Act and established during a time when he was holding the portfolio of the Industry minister. MDS was primarily established to focus in the fields of Agriculture and Handloom but it now issues tenders of construction works and is a fund deposition pool for the government, he added.
The MDS concentrated only on development of Agriculture but now it is being used for gobbling up agricultural lands for construction, he quipped.
Further mentioning that the enrolment drive of BJP was being carried out to show the real strength and love for the BJP in India, he added that it was being carried out to show that the BJP was the political party having the largest membership in the world. After the launching the enrolment drive all over India, he said the target in the state now has increased to two lakhs because the forms issued from the BJP office for the enrolment has breached two lakhs already. In the hill districts alone, one lakh forms were issued whereas in Muslim dominated areas it has crossed 50 thousand, he added.
The mobile enrolment drive is meant to ascertain the strength of the BJP membership all over the country, the State BJP cheif said, adding that after being enrolled in the BJP, cards will be issued to every BJP members which will be of immense help in providing safety and security to all the members when they moved outside the State and will save them from harassment by security forces if they are not involves in criminal activities.
BJP will become a big family one day after the enrolment drive is completed, he opined.