Bhopal: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday claimed that the BJP’s support is declining as people are fed up with its “policies” and “abuse of institutions” and predicted that the Indian bloc Will win in Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections.
“BJP’s support is declining across the country and the Bloc will win the upcoming elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. I have been to Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) and that state is going There is a unilateral trend prevailing,” Pilot told reporters at the residence of Congress chief Jitu Patwari in Madhya Pradesh.
Senior Congress leader and member of the Lok Sabha Vivek Tankha also attended the meeting.
Pilot arrived here to contest the November 13 Assembly bypoll from Vijpur assembly constituency in Sheopur district bordering Rajasthan.
The former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan accused the BJP leaders of using vulgar language during the polls, referring to remarks like “grab mangalsutra” and “grab your buffalo” during the Lok Sabha elections and The latest “batenge toh katenge” (if there is division, we will be done), by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Aditya Nath.
He said the focus of the conference was to put forward positive slogans such as “padhenge toh badhenge” (if we learn, we will progress).
“This culture should be promoted. The people of the country are now tired of the BJP’s abuse of power and central institutions and polarization,” he said.
Pilot also hit out at the BJP over the arrest of two chief ministers – Hemant Soren of Jharkhand and Arvind Kejriwal of Delhi – and accused the party of taking advantage of Central agencies seek political gain.
He said that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, current party leader Mallikarjun Haq and leaders of the opposition India Group are working hard to strengthen the country and the results of the MP by-elections will be retained in the 2028 parliamentary elections. imprint.
Apart from Vijaypur, bypoll polling will also be held on November 13 in Budni constituency, which was earlier represented by former prime minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Counting will take place on November 23.
By-election results in states including Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is contesting her maiden Lok Sabha polls in Wayanad, Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly The election will satisfy the Congress party and the results will have a direct impact on future elections, Pilot said.
In Vijpur, the Congress party appointed senior tribal leader Mukesh Malhotra. The bypoll became necessary after sitting MP Ramniwas Rawat joined the BJP during the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year. He is contesting the by-election polls on the ticket of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Rawat has won from Vijaypur as a Congress candidate six times, in 1990, 1993, 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2023.
Replying to a question from the BJP alleging that the Congress and other parties were systematically encouraging infiltration in Jharkhand, Pilot asked: “Who is responsible for protecting the country’s borders? They are making accusations by evading their responsibilities.
He alleged that the BJP raises issues like “One Election, One Nation”, cows and gods before the elections just for votes and never talks about its performance in areas such as industrialization, employment, roads and water.
When asked about the freebie culture and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s popular scheme ‘Ladli Behna Yojana’, Pilot asked if the scheme was so good then why Chavan was removed as CM.
Pilot said that on one hand, the BJP describes the freebies as “revdi” and on the other hand, it wants to take credit for providing free ration to the country’s 80 million people.
“If Congress and other political parties want to help the poor sections of society, then it will be called ‘revdiyan’, despite the fact that when they do these things, they call themselves ‘annadata’ and ‘daandata’,” he quipped road.
Pilot said despite a dual-engine government (same party at state and center), unemployment among MPs is rising and farmers are committing suicide. “Who’s going to stop it?” he asked.
Replying to a question on Jammu and Kashmir, he said the state should get full statehood, adding that the elections were held on the directions of the Supreme Court and not by the BJP-led central government.
