PRESS RELEASE 29 March 2019

Statement by Shri Randeep Singh Surjewala, In-Charge, Communications, AICC

महागठबंधन को मोदीजी के बबखरते ए महाठगबंधन को कोई ज्ञान लेने की ज़셁रत नही ं!

‘Court Jester’ of ‘महाठगबंधन’ should be the last one to write any ‘Bogus Blogs’ on Electoral Politics!

Parties that propped PM Modi, now dumping the sinking ship- BJP’s Hypocrisy remain!

PM Modi’s Finance Minister aka ‘Bogus Blogger’ should decide on which side of the ‘alliance argument’ the BJP stands.

If the BJP stands at the ‘महाबमलावटी’ argument as espoused by PM Modi, their argument falls flat, because a 30 Member NDA, during 2014 became a 42 Member alliance in 2019. Will Shri not term this as ‘महाबमलावटी’?

If the BJP stands at the argument that ‘alliances should happen in the interest of the nation’ then too – we should see how the BJP and its alliance partners have treated each other.

BJP’s alliances are based on POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM, while ’ alliance is based on COMMON IDEOLOGY

 BJP has aligned with party’s that are traditionally ideological opponents – like the PDP.  BJP has broken parties in smaller states like – People’s Party of Arunachal & MGP in Goa to attain power.  BJP shares power with ally NPP in Meghalaya, but NPP fields candidates against them in all NE states for elections.  BJP’s ‘Operation Kamal’ failed miserably in Karnataka & during Gujarat elections.

Since Shri Arun Jaitley does not understand the nuts and bolts of electoral politics on ground, let us give him some stark examples and show him the reality of how opportunistic and ideological deficient BJP’s so called alliances are:-

Maharashtra BJP’s long term ally uses ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’, never leaves an opportunity. Still, BJP shamelessly allies with them, because they practice opportunistic politics. Farm leader Shri Raju Shetty’s party Swabhimani Paksha also left NDA because of ideological reasons. Punjab BJP’s oldest alliance partner, threatens them on daily basis, but they have to stick together for marriage of convenience. Odisha BJP has tacit understanding with old ally BJD, but can’t spell it out- because it’s opportunistic. Tripura BJP’s ally IPFT has already dumped them Bihar BJP has ally JD(S) was part of the . Both abused each other between February 2015 – July 2017, but due to the sins of NDA in Bihar, they again formed a marriage of convenience. Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi’s , dumped BJP.

Shri Upendra Khushwaha’s RLSP and Shri Mukesh Sahni’s VIP party both dumped the BJP. Andhra Pradesh BJP’s ally TDP dumped them Telangana BJP has a tacit understanding with TRS- its ‘B’Team. Only reason- Opportunism Jammu & Kashmir BJP formed an alliance with PDP for almost 3 years and enjoyed the fruits of power through this unholy alliance, because of opportunistic politics. Assam BJP was dumped by its Assam ally AGP on ideological issues, following the Citizenship Amendment Bill, but BJP whose hunger of power surpasses ideological boundaries had to patch up with them. Reason is simple- Power at any cost. Jharkhand BJP is almost ally less. Facing difficulty in ally AJSU’s seat. BJP dumped its long term alliance partner SDF and has again entered into an opportunistic alliance with (SKM). West Bengal BJP lost its ally GJM (Gurkha Janmukti Morcha) because BJP had only formed an opportunistic alliance of Darjeeling issue, but failed it address their ideological cause, resulting in severe law and order issue in the hill town. Karnataka BJP lost its ally Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha BJP played a dirty game and broke its ally ’s party. BJP’s ally & Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Shri Om Prakash Rajbhar daily abuses the BJP. But BJP prefers to stick to his party because of opportunism.

If ‘Rank Opportunism’ & ‘Marriage of Convenience’ to grab power at any cost is BJP’s idea of building coalitions ‘Federalism’ – then people will certainly defeat PM Modi’s ‘महाठगबंधन’!