BJP will return to power in Assam with 100 plus seats: Nadda

Silchar (Assam), Jan 11 : BJP’s national President J.P. Nadda said on Monday that the saffron party has been winning all the elections in the country from Jammu and Kashmir to Telangana, and it would return to power in Assam once again with 100 plus seats in the upcoming state Assembly polls due in April-May.
Kick starting the Assembly election campaign for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nadda, while addressing a public rally here, said that the BJP would return to power in Assam as the current dispensation has ensured all-round development of the state in the last five years, ensuring peace and ethnic harmony.
He said that BJP became the single largest party in the recent District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir besides managing excellent results in various elections and by-elections in Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar.
Coming down heavily on the main opposition party, the BJP leader said that during the 15-year rule of Congress in Assam, terrorism devastated the state and 2,155 civilians and 284 security personnel had been killed while over 1,200 people were kidnapped.
“There was no electricity in 51 per cent households and 56 per cent people had no toilets. Out of the 11 crore toilets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned 35 lakh toilets for Assam.
“During the governance of BJP, Assam became 100 per cent ODF (open defecation free). Lakhs of people in Assam have been benefited by central governemnt’s various flagship schemes,” the BJP chief said.