Assam Assembly elections | Why did BJP spend crores on ads if it is confident of profitable: Congress
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“There is no unanimity among the BJP leaders on the number of seats they are expected to win as they want to mislead people and hide their failure,” says Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora
Launching a scathing assault on the BJP, Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora on March 29 questioned the necessity for the saffron social gathering to spend crores of rupees on a newspaper commercial if it’s confident of profitable all of the Assembly seats in Upper Assam that went to polls within the first section on March 27.
The Congress has lodged an FIR in opposition to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, State president Ranjit Kumar Dass and eight main newspapers for “camouflaging an advertisement as news” predicting the saffron social gathering’s victory in all of the seats in Upper Assam.
It has accused the saffron social gathering of violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), provisions of Section 126A of the Representation of People Act, 1951 and the ECI’s directives issued on March 26.
Mr. Bora alleged that there is no unanimity amongst BJP leaders over their prediction and they’re hiding their failure by placing up such ads.
“At first, the BJP had stated it will win 46 seats, then the commercial claimed the saffron social gathering will emerge victorious in all of the 47 seats. The State BJP president later stated his social gathering will win 42 seats and eventually, Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated the BJP will safe 37 constituencies.
“There is no unanimity among the BJP leaders on the number of seats they are expected to win as they want to mislead people and hide their failure. If they are so confident of winning all the seats in the first phase, why did they have to spend crores of rupees on the newspaper advertisement,” he informed reporters.
The State Congress had filed a grievance with Assam Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade and the AICC with the Election Commission of India in opposition to the publication of the ads on Sunday urging instant motion in opposition to the BJP and the newspapers.
“The question also arises under what circumstance was the BJP forced to spend crores of rupees on advertisements predicting its victory. If it is confident of winning, why will it spend money to stress it? Journalists and other agencies are would have anyway done their assessment and filed reports highlighting the trends,” he stated.
Mr. Bora stated that the individuals of Assam have realised that the BJP is out to idiot them and they won’t give the saffron social gathering the accountability of working the following authorities within the State.
“The foundation for the formation of the Grand Alliance government after May 2, when results will be declared, was laid in the first phase of the polling in which around 80% of the 81.09 lakh voters exercised their franchise,” the PCC chief stated.
The AICC and the social gathering’s State unit have carefully monitored the scenario and calculated that the Congress will win greater than 30 seats within the first section, he stated.
Mr. Bora stated that individuals of Assam are satisfied that solely Congress can shield their identification and tradition by not permitting the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
“Even if Nadda says that CAA is a central legislation, he seems to have forgotten that the State government will have to ratify it for implementation. We will not ratify it if we come to power in Assam,” he stated.
Mr. Bora stated his social gathering will repeal the legislation if it involves energy on the Centre within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He stated the Congress had not given any commercial however over 1.75 lakh youths have registered themselves for the job assure marketing campaign and over 75,000 of them have interacted with social gathering leaders within the constituencies that went to polls within the first section.
“We do not mislead people or make promises without proper planning. Former Prime Minister and renowned economist Dr. Manmohan Singh has examined our job guarantee campaign and given a viability report, after which it was presented before the people,” he stated.
The BJP, on the opposite hand, makes provocative statements and broadcasts unfeasible schemes with out correct planning, simply to mislead individuals and win elections.
“We thank the people for showing immense maturity by not getting swayed by such claims and coming out in large numbers to exercise their franchise for bringing a change,” Mr. Bora added.
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