SHILLONG: AICC general secretary in charge of Meghalaya C.P Joshi has said it is the BJP-led NDA, and not the Congress, which will suffer from anti-incumbency wave.
Talking to media persons here on Friday, Joshi said “anti-incumbency means false promises” and it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi who made false promises in the 2014 Assembly elections.
“Where is that Rs 2 lakh that the PM had promised to deposit in people’s account? Where is that 2 crore jobs for youths which he had mentioned before the elections,” Joshi said and criticised NDA for not doing anything in the last years of its government at the Centre.
“People of Meghalaya know the hidden agenda of BJP and the saffron party will be given a fitting response in the 2018 Assembly elections,” the central leader said.
Asked about the recent ban on cow slaughter, Joshi said BJP is answerable to the people of the State as India is a country with diverse culture and different food habits.
He also targeted the BJP over its comment on railway projects saying the saffron party has not given any solution to the railway connectivity in Meghalaya.
“Whenever there is election, they always raise the issue but what happened to the promises of the Prime Minister of the country,” Joshi said.
BJP National Spokesperson Nalin Kohli had said at a function in the city two days back that the protests in the State against the railway project are illogical and that BJP is “serious about development in Meghalaya”.
