BJP would have won Bengal polls, but Covid played spoilsport: Nadda
June 10, 2022 00:44
A year after the party's defeat in the high-octane West Bengal assembly polls, BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday claimed that the party would have come to power had the devastating second wave of COVID not affected the campaigning.
Reaching out to the people of the state, Nadda also said that the party will continue its fight to uphold the Bengali pride and expose those who try to demean it.
"With the speed we had picked up during the election campaign, it was quite evident that we would strike the right chord and come to power. But the second wave of COVID just after the fourth phase of polling forced us to call off our campaign," Nadda said while addressing a citizens' meet.
West Bengal witnessed a marathon eight-phase assembly election last year.
"After the fourth phase, the campaign had virtually come to a standstill and elections in the remaining phases took place without any campaigning. We are confident that next time we will come to power and conduct our victory rally at Brigade parade ground (in Kolkata)," Nadda said.
The BJP president claimed that the scene he witnessed during his arrival at the airport here reflects that people, who are fed up with alleged lawlessness, are yearning for a change in the state.
"India is a living society and it reacts and replies at the right time. We will have to continue our fight democratically and defeat the TMC," he said.
Nadda's comments came a year after the party, despite its high pitch poll campaign, failed to defeat the TMC and managed to win 77 seats in the 294-member assembly. -- PTI
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