People rising above BJP's divisive politics: Cong on Jharkhand

December 23, 2019 14:49

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Monday asserted that the Jharkhand assembly election results show that the people are rising above the 'divisive politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party'.

"This is a clear victory of the democratic process in the country. It is evident that the common people are realizing that they (BJP) are polarising the people of the country with divisive issues for their political benefits," Venugopal told ANI.

The Congress leader said that the people want to analyze the performance of the incumbent state government for the assembly elections."However, they (BJP) are not ready to be judged on their programs and policies. They want to bank upon the divisive issues. Now the people are realizing that and this is why they have given us more seats in the assembly," Venugopal said.

"These people are not interested in addressing the issues of the common people, like unemployment, inflation, farmers' distress, and economic slowdown. They are only interested in dividing people and diverting their attention to divisive issues," he added.

Image: JMM party workers celebrate their leads at the Shibho Soren Awass in Ranchi. Pic: ANI

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