The Bharatiya Janata Party is the only national party in which the poor, dalits and the deprived see their representation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, adding that the party's victory in Bihar assembly elections was the victory of development works in the state.
Addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters in Delhi, Modi took a dig at the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress, saying 'family parties' are the biggest threat to Indian democracy. “Unfortunately a national party has also fallen into a family's grip,” he said.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 125 seats in the 243-member Bihar assembly against 110 clinched by the opposition Mahagathbandhan to pave the way for a fourth successive term for Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar in the office of chief minister. The BJP bagged 74 seats even as the JD(U) reduced to 43.
These poll results have broadened the outcome of Lok Sabha elections, the prime minister said referring to BJP's success in polls and bypolls across the country.
Claiming that only the BJP would understand the need of every section of the society, Modi said that their secret formula for winning polls is 'sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwaas'.
He also claimed that women across the country are the 'silent voters' which support the BJP across all rural and urban regions.
Modi said the poll results in Bihar and other bye-elections across the country have made it clear that people will now support only those who work honestly for development.
"People have decided that development alone will be basis of national politics in 21st century," he said.
Modi aslo condemned the political violence in various parts of the country and said those who cannot fight the BJP democratically have resorted to murdering its workers. “This killing game cannot work in democracy,” he said.
The prime minister chose the celebratory atmosphere at the BJP headquarters to underscore the party's growing strength across the country, a day after its stupendous show helped the NDA pip a resurgent RJD-led alliance to the post, even as it notched up impressive wins in bypolls across states like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh among others.
Modi said the party's rise from "two rooms and two seats" to its dominance in national politics now has clearly shown that people will give only those a chance to serve the country who work honestly for the nation's development.
With inputs from PTI
