Make India win

'Jeetega BJP, Jeetega Bharat'

Vijay Deo Jha Ranchi Wednesday, September 24, 2008

I do not ask for the victory of the BJP, I want India to win and it is possible only when the BJP is voted to power, since only BJP has the will to solve the problems of the country," said Lal Krishna Advani, senior BJP leader and prime ministerial candidate of the party, while addressing a public rally at Gandhi Maidan in Dumka, on Tuesday.

He appealed the people to focus on the nation and party rather than personality while exercising their voting right. Despite rain, nearly 50,000 people remained spellbound during Advani's speech which continued for nearly 45 minutes.

Referring to his emotional attachment to Dumka where he was detained at Masanjore during his famous Rath Yatra, Advani said a visit to Dumka gave him immense pleasure.

"But my pleasure ends with a sad note, while people got swaraj (own rule) but not suraj (good governance) till now even after Jharkhand was formed years back," he remarked about State UPA Government.

While both Chhattighar and Uttarakhand have become developed, Jharkhand is trailing behind in terms of development. Advani thus criticised the Government for its failure to deliver the promises. Talking about regime change in Jharkhand, the BJP prime ministerial candidate said corruption remained unchecked since the current political dispensation was not different than the last one. The party stalwart asserted that once voted to power, the BJP would end the era of corruption in the State.

He lost no occasion to remind the role of BJP in forming Jharkhand and said the party was on the forefront to raise the cause of the people of this State.

"The Party has always been praiseful towards the tribal culture and its identity and it was during the rule of NDA, the statue of martyr Birsa Munda was ensconced on the premise of Parliament as our mark of respect," he said.

While using the occasion to revive the memory of his historic stay at Dumka, Advani touched upon the some core issues and hinted that terrorism would constitute the core political plank of the party besides the atomic deal.

He referred to the string of terror attack across the country and blamed that the UPA Government at the Centre was soft-peddling terrorism. There were some lighter moments when Advani took a dig at the UPA Government and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil for their failure. Making a serious comment out of lighter cartoon, Advani said while the terror groups' claim of sophisticated weapon to wreak havoc on the country, Patil claims to have the blessing of Sonia Gandhi to save his skin.