By Girish Kumar Dubey
JANUARY 28, 2012 ANI
India's main opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called efforts of rival Samajwadi Party (SP) who is seeking support of head Muslim cleric, Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari in upcoming polls in northern Uttar Pradesh state as futile.
While addressing mediapersons on Saturday (January 28) spokesperson of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shahnawaz Hussain reiterated that his party this time would form government in Uttar Pradesh and nobody can stop them doing so. "In Uttar Pradesh we will definitely form the government be it Bukhari or anybody else nobody can stop BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) from coming to power," said Hussain.
Earlier on Saturday Bukhari extended his support to SP and criticised Congress party by accounting them responsible for miserable condition of Muslims saying they are leading worst life than Dalits (lower castes).
Moreover Hussain accused Congress party of indulging in vote bank politics based on division politics targeting the Muslim community as a beneficiary to it, but this could lead to adverse repercussion on the Indian society.
"Congress wants to play communal card in Uttar Pradesh that is why they are proposing religion based reservation. Congress wants to give reservation to those who already come under reservation category," added Hussain.
Meanwhile problems for the Congress party does not seem to end as the party just before the elections have landed up in another controversy, as they had praised one of its biggest rival, chief minister of western Gujarat state, Narendra Modi in an advertisement. In the advertisement that was published by the Congress party, they hailed Modi and called him a successful leader and a master strategist.
Defending the Congress party's embarrassing move, spokesperson for India's federal ruling Congress party, Abhishek Manu Singhvi said in New Delhi on Saturday that the advertisement was meant to be mocked at Modi and the aim was to showcase that his predecessors had done much better work in Gujarat.
"This was neither the intent nor the affect, everybody who reads it contextually will know that that it was not at all the intent. I don't think there is any stronger opposer in this country of Narendra Modi, his philosophies, his approach, his polices and his action than the Congress party. Only those who don't know the Congress party and don't know what happened in Gujarat can suggest that Congress was supporting Modi," said Singhvi.
The Congress party had criticized Modi in the past for his alleged role in the horrific communal riots, which occurred in the state in 2002, leaving many people dead.In 2011, the Supreme Court had sent the case back to the lower court, wherein Modi was accused of being complacent during the riots.
Though the elections are almost ten months away in Gujarat, both the ruling BJP and the provincial opposition, the Congress party stepped up their preparations for the crucial state polls.
Currently the Congress party is on the backfoot due the emergence of various scams, in which several of its federal leaders were involved and they are struggling hard to re-establish themselves in India as the polls are yet to be held in four more states.Voting in India's most populous Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting from February 08 and finishing on March 03.
The polls in Uttar Pradesh are under scanner, as several political bigwigs have jumped on to the bandwagon to grab the coveted seats.The other states where poll would be held are Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Goa, where elections would be held between January 30 and March 03.
The results of the polls would be declared on March 06.
India's main opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party calls effort of rival Samajwadi Party who is seeking support of head Muslim cleric, Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari in upcoming polls in northern Uttar Pradesh state as futile.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL
VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (JANUARY 28, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SPOKESPERSON OF INDIA'S MAIN OPPOSITION BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP), SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN, SAYING:
"In Uttar Pradesh we will definitely form the government be it Bukhari or anybody else nobody can stop BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) from coming to power."
2. HUSSAIN SPEAKING
3. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SPOKESPERSON OF INDIA'S MAIN OPPOSITION BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP), SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN, SAYING:
"Congress wants to play communal card in Uttar Pradesh that is why they are proposing religion based reservation. Congress wants to give reservation to those who already come under reservation category."
NEW DELHI, INDIA (JANUARY 28, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPOKESPERSON FOR INDIA'S FEDERAL RULING CONGRESS PARTY, ABHISHEK MANU SINGHVI, SAYING:
"This was neither the intent nor the affect, everybody who reads it contextually will know that that it was not at all the intent. I don't think there is any stronger opposer in this country of Narendra Modi, his philosophies, his approach, his polices and his action than the Congress party. Only those who don't know the Congress party and don't know what happened in Gujarat can suggest that Congress was supporting Modi."
5. SINGHVI LEAVING
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