Ghaziabad: Amid speculations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may declare Home Minister Rajnath Singh as the party’s face for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, senior BJP leader and Defence Minister today said that party leadership will soon declare its chief ministerial candidate for the elections.
Addressing a press conference on the occasion of Vikas Parv here, the Minister said that people in the state were feeling betrayed and it is an appropriate time to change the government by voting against it in the upcoming polls.
There are reports that Rajnath Singh could be the BJP's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming UP Assembly elections. But yesterday, the Lucknow MP rubbished the reports saying there are many more leaders in the state who can become the party’s face.
It is most likely that any decision could be formalised at the meeting of top party leaders at the BJP's two-day national executive meeting in Allahabad from Sunday. Sources in the party say Singh's name could be announced as the head of the state election campaign committee chairman.
Hitting out at Samajwadi Party government over the Mathura violence, Parrikar further said that it is the biggest failure of the state government which has also failed to control 'goonda raj' in the state.
Highlighting the achievements of the NDA government during its two years in power, he said the Jan Dhan Yojna was successful and the Centre was giving financial support to economically weaker sections in its 59 schemes.
He said honouring Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, about 1.5 crore people gave up subsidy on their gas connections and farmers were getting the benefit of agricultural insurance scheme.
On a question on AgustaWestland scam, he said the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and other agencies are probing the case and the Defence Ministry is not concerned with it. Only after the final investigation report, will the ministry work on it.
Any person found guilty of corruption will not be spared.
On Bramhos missile, he said it is the effect of Make in India that the country was getting orders of arms and ammunition from abroad.
Parrikar attended two other programmes of traders and RSS. He was accompanied by Union Minister V K Singh.
With PTI Inputs
