Polls a fight between individual and ideology centric parties: Amit Shah

TIL Desk/National/MP/ BJP president Amit Shah has sought to project the forthcoming elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan as a contest between “individual-centric” parties and those driven by ideologies. He said the elections in the three states can “change the nation”.

Addressing a convention of youths, the Bharatiya Janata Party chief said the parties that lack leadership and policies cannot provide a stable government. “Upcoming elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan will prove to be ones that can change the nation because the contest will decide whether people elect parties which are individual-centric or those driven by ideology,” Mr Shah said in an apparent reference to political dynasties.

Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in the next two months in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram. While first three of the above states are currently ruled by the BJP, the Congress is in power in the northeastern state. Telangana was ruled by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) before Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao dissolved the assembly. Lok Sabha elections are slated to be held next year. “How is it possible for these parties to provide a strong government when they don’t have any leader and even their policies are not yet decided,” Mr Shah said.