BJP will fight next Assembly poll under Manohar Lal: Shah

The National BJP President, Amit Shah, has made it clear that there is no plan to change the chief minister in Haryana, and that the BJP would contest next Assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Manohar Lal.

Addressing a press conference on the second day of his three-day visit here on Thursday, Mr Shah said earlier also at the meeting of the BJP Executive Committee held in Chandigarh, he had announced that there would be no change of leadership in the state.

"I have interacted with all BJP MLAs and they have unanimously agreed that the government is doing well under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Manohar Lal. Party workers also believe that development works undertaken in Haryana under the leadership of the Chief Minister were never taken up by any previous government. The present government has completely changed the political culture in the state", Mr Shah added

Giving the Chief Minister a pat on the back, Mr Shah lauded the teachers transfer policy of the state government and said that besides the BJP-ruled states, other states should also implement this policy. Haryana has also become the first kerosene-free state in the country.

In reply to a question, Shah said a plan had been prepared to strengthen each and every booth in the state irrespective of caste considerations. The BJP did not believe in caste politics, he added.

The National BJP President, Amit Shah, has said that the BJP Government, led by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is committed to the welfare of people belonging to backward classes and held out the assurance that the bill giving constitutional recognition to the OBC Commission would be got passed in both Houses of Parliament at any cost.

Addressing a press conference on the second day of his three-day visit here on Thursday, Shah said since 1955, people belonging to OBCs had been demanding constitution recognition to the OBC Commission but due to the anti-OBC mindset of the Congress Party, the Bill could not be got passed in the Rajya Sabha.

He said that none of the previous governments at the Centre ever paid any heed towards this demand of the OBCs, but when the BJP Government took steps in this direction, the Congress Party created hurdles which gave out their negative mindset.