London, Nov 10: Asserting that the upcoming assembly elections would be fought on issues concerning the states going to polls, BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan has said they would be a test for incumbent Congress chief ministers and not for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Mahajan also expressed confidence that the BJP will win in four of the five states going to assembly polls.


"Definitely, the BJP will defeat the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Delhi. In Mizoram, we are still a small party, and we will definitely enter the assembly there," Mahajan told a private TV news channel.

He said that in all the five states going to polls in the next three weeks, it would be issues concerning the states on which the elections would be fought.
"This is a test for Digvijay Singh, (Chief Minister of MP), Ashok Gehlot (Chief Minister of Rajasthan), Ajit Jogi (Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh) and Sheila Dikshit (Chief Minister of Delhi). This is not a test for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee."

Asked why BJP has given up Art 370, construction of Ram temple and other major issues, Mahajan said, "we are ready to abrogate Art.370 from the Indian Constitution tomorrow, but it requires two-third majority, which we do not have. Common civil code is the need of the hour. It is a necessity. But except us there is nobody in Parliament who is prepared for it."

Bureau Report