Surinder Bhardwaj
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 11
The BJP will form the next government in Punjab as a comprehensive strategy has been formulated for the upcoming Assembly elections, said Meenakshi Lekhi, Union Minister and party co-incharge for state elections, here today.
Interacting with mediapersons at Mandi Gobindgarh, Lekhi said sensible voters understood that all parties that had been in power had failed miserably to deliver on their promises and were now desperately trying to woo people by announcing freebies.
“The parties stood exposed and would be routed in the elections,” claimed Lekhi, who was here to interact with industrialists to understand their problems prior to formulating the BJP manifesto.
Asked about the chief ministerial face, Lekhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the face of the party and all elections were contested under his leadership. “PM Modi is the face of BJP and in Punjab, Modi will be the face of the party,” she said.
Appreciating the decision to repeal the three farm laws, Lekhi said the PM took the decision in keeping with the spirit of democracy.
Hitting out at the Congress, she said its government had promised waiver of farm loans but failed to fulfil it, forcing a large number of farmers to commit suicide.
Earlier, interacting with industrialists, she said a scrap processing unit would be set up in the town so that scrap was available to the industry on its doorstep. On discrepancies in the GST and alleged harassment of industrialists, she said the matter would be taken up with the minister concerned. She said the PM had a vision for Punjab’s industry.
R’sthan leaders get charge of nine dists
Abohar: With Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat looking after the BJP’s Punjab affairs, the BJP on Saturday announced party leaders from Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts as district in-charges in nine districts of Punjab. OC
Strategy in place, will form govt: BJP
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