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The BJP state unit chief said that the people have witnessed the development thrust in the country and the state since 2014, which was never seen during the long Congress rule.”The BJP-led NDA government has worked to improve all sectors, be it health, education or social security, roads, railways or air connectivity. We have provided clean drinking water to people, besides LPG connections and launched various schemes for women and youth, as a result of which people have faith in the party,” he said.On the BJP’s prospects in the April 19 polls, Wahge exuded confidence that the party would win all the 60 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies by huge margins.He said the BJP would fight the polls alone without any alliance with any party.On issues the BJP is going to polls with, he said the party would highlight various developmental work undertaken by the government.”Our party will try to remove the ‘money culture’ which is prevalent in the Northeast during elections. It is bad for democracy,” Wahge said, speaking about cash for votes.Chief Minister Pema Khandu has time and again spoken against “money culture” and corruption, he said.Arunachal Pradesh will go for simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the first phase on April 19.The counting of votes for assembly elections will be held on June 2 and for Lok Sabha polls on June 4.While the National Peoples’ Party (NPP) has released a list of 29 candidates, the NCP has so far announced the names of 17 nominees, while the Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA) has named two candidates for the assembly polls.The NPP, a member of the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), the regional arm of the NDA, will support the two BJP candidates in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.In the 2019 assembly elections in the state, the BJP had bagged 41 seats, while the JD(U) had won seven constituencies, the NPP five, the Congress four, the PPA one seat, while two independents had also won.The BJP had won both the Lok Sabha seats.The term of the present assembly will end on June 2.
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State BJP chief Biyuram Wahge
