Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday
sounded a note of confidence ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls
scheduled in February next year, saying 'lotus will blossom' in the state.
Irani, who is on a day-visit to Congress
vice-president Rahul Gandhi's parliamentary constituency Amethi, said that the
BJP would go into the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls with the agenda of
development.
"Our party president Amit Shah ji has
already said that we will go into the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls with the
agenda of development. It is certain that the BJP would emerge as victorious. I
am sure that the lotus would blossom on the land of Uttar Pradesh," Irani
told reporters.
As the NDA regime completes two years in office,
the Union Minister said the regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led
government has been full of achievements.
"If you see from the side of subsidies,
nearly 60,000 crore rupees have gone into the bank accounts of the people from
the treasure of the government. We started the 'Jan Dhan Yojana'. It is also
right to say that growth rate has increased significantly in the last two
years. I express gratitude to the nation for their support and cooperation to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi," she said.
Throughout the day, Irani is scheduled to visit
all five constituencies of Amethi district.
Irani, who unsuccessfully contested against
Gandhi from Amethi in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, will inaugurate a health fair
and distribute aid to the physically challenged here.
In Tikermafi, she will address participants at a
function organised in the IIIT complex. In Jagdeeshpur, she will pay a visit to
the home of former minister Ram Lakhan Passi to meet his family and offer her
condolences.
Fresh from a thumping victory in Assam and a
good showing in West Bengal and Kerala, the BJP would be eyeing to win the
all-important assembly election in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Modi is today holding a rally in
Saharanpur to formally sound the poll bugle. The choice of venue is significant
as the city suffered a communal conflagration in 2014.
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