If at all there will be "mukt Bharat," it will be BJP-mukt: Chidambram
July 28, 2018 15:57
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today asked his party workers not to get fooled by the "BJP's propaganda of Congress-mukt Bharat", saying if at all there was a "mukt Bharat, it would be BJP-mukt".
The former Union minister said that things had changed from the time when the Congress was an "unchallenged" political party in India and stressed on the need to strengthen it at the booth level, reminding that now elections were fought at that level.
"There was a time when all that the Congress had to do was to mention the name of Jawaharlal Nehru or Indira Gandhi and then millions of people would simply come to the booth and vote," Chidambaram said.
"It is a booth-wise election now, which is why in every booth we must be present... We must have enough people in every booth... What matters now is the number of feet on the ground," he added.
He said, that was the time when the Congress was an "unchallenged" political party in India, but things had changed, as they would in any country.
"Today more political parties have come to play important roles and more regional political parties have come," he said, addressing party men after launching project 'Shakti' here.
The former finance minister said that there were only two parties today which had a national footprint -- one was the Congress, and the other was the BJP.
-- PTI
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