Power is not the mission of BJP, says Advani
January 31st, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 31 (IANS) Insisting that attaining power is not the mission of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior party leader L K Advani Sunday called upon BJP workers to root out corruption and work for the welfare of the people.
Addressing a convention of newly-elected office bearers of civic bodies in Madhya Pradesh here, the former Deputy Prime Minister said that power is not the mission of the BJP, which has always stood for the welfare of the people.
Advani said that he was happy to see that the BJP governments in states were working for the uplift of the poor.
He said that while in parliament and the state assemblies, leaders promote their party’s ideologies, it is not the case with civic bodies. If the elected representatives fail to serve the people in the right earnest, the party suffers and therefore it becomes mandatory for the representatives of the civic bodies to do their job honestly and perfectly.
Claiming that all the BJP-ruled states were doing outstanding work by successfully running various schemes for the uplift of the poor, Advani praised Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for their “untiring” efforts towards the betterment of weaker sections of the society.
Advani said that Chouhan’s “Ladli Laxmi Yojana,” scheme meant for the girl child, was praiseworthy since it has benefited a large number of girls in the state.
Others who spoke on the occasion included Chouhan and BJP state president Narendra Singh Tomar.
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