Imphal, August 23 NNN: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the violent clashes in the state of Assam were not between the Hindus and Muslims but between the people of Indian origin and people of foreign origin.
BJP president Gadkari arrived in Imphal in the afternoon in a one-day visit to the state. He was speaking at the function of “Grand Reception of New Leaders, BJP, Manipur Pradesh” organised by the state BJP at the auditorium of Manipur Film Development Corporation, Palace Compound here.
Taking a dig at Congress party, the saffron party chief accused the Congress of issuing election cards to the Bangladeshi migrants living in Northeast.He said the Assam violence is not between the Hindus and Muslims but between the people of Indian origin and foreign origin.
Gadkari termed the death of Sarif Ahmad, a Manipur student of Cotton College, Guahati as ‘unfortunate’ assuring that the BJP will put up the incident in both the Houses of Parliament which is now in session.
Hailing the common mission and objective of BJP, Gadkari said the mission of the party does not aim on becoming or making prime minister, MP and MLA but to continue the war for the people of the society and socio-economic transformation in the country.
“The party does not discriminate on the grounds of caste, creed, religion and sex,” the BJP national president maintained, adding its politics is not based on such things.
Gadkari also said the business of politics is not the profession of BJP because the party is being engaged in a war against corruption and poverty in the country.
He also referred that the region has not yet got enough electricity till now despite its huge potential of hydro-power. The region’s railway connectivity and also the condition of highways are still bad.
At the reception ceremony of new Manipur Pradedh BJP members including Th Chaoba and S Dhananjoy, apart from Nitin Gadkari, it was attended by BJP national genreal secretary and in-charge, NE Tapir Gaon, BJP national vice president and MP Bijaya Chakraborty, Nagaland Pradesh BJP president Chuba Aao and Manipur Pradesh BJP president Sh Shantikumar.
UNA adds UNA : Nitn said, “We have to demolish the Congess from the country so that root out corruption from India said BJP National President,Nitin Gadkari on Thursday.
BJP National President, Nitin Gadkari who arrived here today on a two day visit was speaking in a reception of more than 25,000 including 25 prominent persons from other political parties who enrolled recently to BJP Manipur Pradesh.
Nitin announced that BJP will start a war against poverty as poor do not have caste and now 65 years have gone but in Manipur there is still talk of power, water, communications. Manipur is a rich state with a poor population, this is due to Central Government and the state government which are in competition to earn more money he alleged.
Manipur problem is due to lack of Agriculture and Industry in the state.
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