BJP's win people's endorsement of demonetisation: Jaitley

March 12, 2017 09:23

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday termed the BJPs big win in state polls as peoples endorsement of demonetisation and asserted that it was seen as pro-poor, reformist and the sole defender of the nationalist constituency in the country.

He also slammed the Congress for its historic blunders including opposing demonetisation and identifying with anti-national activities like the one in JNU which wanted to break the country.

Noting that Prime Minister Narendra Modis extensive campaign in Uttar Pradesh gave the party cutting edge, Jaitley also termed the Manipur result as historic as the party advanced from having no seats to a possibility of forming a government.

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