New Delhi: Bhartiya Janata Party on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying he had been ‘absent’ in the elections while his senior Cabinet colleagues were confined to addressing press conferences using angry and impolite’ language against Narendra Modi.
BJP leader Arun Jaitley also said the ‘populist’ issues like the RTI and Food (Security) Bill raised by Congress party were ‘non-issues’ in this election whose last and ninth phase took place on Monday.
Looking back at the electioneering during the nine-phased polls, Jaitley said, “Intimidation of rival political parties and capturing the booths silently was a low point of this election.”
Jaitley also hailed Modi, the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, saying the energy displayed by him in his marathon campaign as well as the large turnouts in his rallies were the high point of this election.
Contending that large turn-outs “necessarily” mean a decisive vote, he said a decisive vote in this election can only be a “pro-Modi, pro-BJP or pro-NDA vote”.
