LUCKNOW: Making light of the speculation about changes in his government in view of the recent visits of the senior BJP and RSS leaders to Lucknow, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said BJP would win with two-thirds majority in the 2022 assembly elections.
Talking about the issue for the first time during an exclusive interview with TOI, the CM said that a few people are interpreting these visits and meetings in a different way and giving new political spin, which are unfounded.
“Ismein (BJP meetings) mein kuch naya nahi hai.
Usko naya arth diya ja raha hai.
Kuch khabarchi is tarah ki khabarein chalate hain aur aap logon ko bhi usmein namak mirch masala laga kar likhne mein maza aata hai.
(There is nothing new in these meetings.
Some newshounds twists it and you (media) like to spice it up),” he said.
“BJP is a cadre-based party which does not adhere to nepotism.
The party keeps its cadre active.
For this, senior leaders meet every two months and hold meetings with state units.
Our state in charge (Radha Mohan Singh) comes to UP twice a month.
Party president JP Nadda himself visited Lucknow four months ago,” he said.
“As a ruling party, we are into various services to provide relief to people.
This is as per the direction by PM Modi and Party president JP Nadda.
Be it the first wave or the second wave, the BJP and the Sangh karyakartas have been giving their services.
Other political parties were nowhere in sight,” the CM added.
When asked about the next assembly elections, which are likely to be held under the shadow of Covid, he said: “We are ready to face any situation.
We won in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, 2017 UP assembly elections and recently 2019 elections.
We are not only waging a battle against Corona but also against ‘Rajnaitik Sankraman’ (political infections).
We will continue to battle it out under the leadership of PM Modi.
BJP will win with 2/3rd majority in 2022.
Take a note.
We will meet again later this year and after the elections.” Gearing up for the state polls, Yogi came across confident and battle-ready and he dismissed the viability of SP’s challenge and dubbed Cong as inconsequential.
Talking about Congress’s UP in charge Priyanka Gandhi’s writing letters to him to drag his attention to various issues, he said: “They are just doing formalities to be in the limelight.
Others (SP netas) are just tweeting to be in the media.
Where were these people during the first and the second wave? They have never been into service.
It is not in their genes.” Yogi also dispelled speculations about his ‘national ambitions’.
“I had no ambitions when I was an MP.
I have no ambition even today.” He categorically termed himself a `common soldier’ who is working as per BJP’s vision and campaign of PM Narendra Modi’s to ensure development, security and prosperity.
“There cannot be a bigger reason to be happy after considering achievements of the state government in the last four years,” he said, underscoring how the state managed to register an economic growth and robust infrastructure development, despite the pandemic.
“It is before everyone to see.
UP is no more a state which witnessed riots every week in the past.
There is no room for giving priority to caste, community and language.
The state will be the number one state in terms of per capita income,” the CM said.