Nitish predicts confortable victory for BJP in Gujarat Assembly polls

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Patna : JD(U) National President and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on November 13, 2017, predicted a comfortable victory for the BJP in the Gujarat Assembly polls to be held in December 2017 saying that the people of that state were likely to be swayed by the sentiment that their own man is the Prime Minister of India.

Nitish said, “I do not think there is any danger to the BJP in the Gujarat polls. This is my assessment. Will the people of the state vote against the party when it is likely to be at the back of their minds that they have their own man as Prime Minister of India ? We should take such sentiments into account.” The Bihar CM was talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of his weekly “Lok Samvad” programme.

The JD(U) chief, however, sidestepped a query on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi showing a lot of aggression during his poll campaign in Gujarat. ” I am not aware of any new aspect that is being pointed out by him,” he said. The JD(U) has decided to contest the Gujarat Assembly polls on its own and field candidates on a handful of seats. The JD(U) is now an NDA constituent.

“A situation has arisen where elections are held in some part of the country every year and every such poll is treated as a semi-final. This will change only when parliamentary, assembly and civic body polls are held simultaneously,” Nitish said adding he was in favour of simultaneous polls to Parliament and the state Assemblies.

Replying to a query, Nitish made it clear that his party’s stand on issues such as Ayodhya, Article 370 and a Uniform Civil Code remains unchanged. When asked about his support to the Patidars’ demand for reservation, a potent issue in the Gujarat election, Nitish said, “We have supported all such demands whether they involved the Jats or the Marathas. My view is that an agrarian crisis lies at the root of such demands being raised by relatively better-off communities. A solution to the problem should be found keeping this in mind.”