New Delhi, Feb 22: 'Bijli-sadak-pani' and the country's development has become a crucial elections issue, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said today. ''There used to be one or other political issue dominating in earlier elections. But development has become an important political debate in elections in recent times,'' Advani said here.
Delivering the valedictory address at the World Congress on Natural Disaster Mitigation, the Deputy Prime Minister said infrastructure development, particularly road-building, has been the key feature of the Vajpayee government.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that the 'BSP' factor in recent four assembly elections related to 'bijli-sadak-pani' and did not connote the political party, BSP.

He said that disaster management was part of the development agenda of the government. ''For the first time, a separate chapter was devoted to disaster management in the tenth five year plan,'' he added.
Bureau Report