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BJP should contest all 70 seats alone: Khanduri
Uttarakhand Chief Minister BC Khanduri on Sunday said he was in favour of the BJP contesting all the 70 seats alone in the hill state where Assembly polls are round the corner.
Dehra Dun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister BC
Khanduri on Sunday said he was in favour of the BJP contesting all
the 70 seats alone in the hill state where Assembly polls are
round the corner.
The Chief Minister said his main task was to bring the BJP back to power in the coming elections for which he was working "very hard". "I personally feel that the BJP should contest all the 70 seats alone since it is big party," Khanduri, who became the chief minister of the hill state for the second time on September 11, said in an interview.
Khanduri`s statement will come as a setback for its coalition partner, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal led by Revenue Minister Diwakar Bhatt, which wants a political tie up with the saffron party to contest the February polls.
"The recent change of guard in Uttarakhand is also a well planned poll strategy of the BJP. My main focus is to bring BJP back to power for which I am working very hard," he said. He said his government has already taken a series of new initiatives to fight corruption which include bringing a new bill in the state assembly on the transfer policy, creation of a new department for good governance and elimination of corruption.
In addition to this, Khanduri said his government would also bring a new bill on the lines of Bihar where benami property can be confiscated for a social cause.
On creation of four new districts, Khanduri said since his predecessor Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had already made an official announcement, he would make sure that these new districts are formed as early as possible.
A lot of ground work like collecting data has to be done before the new districts are created, he said.
PTI
The Chief Minister said his main task was to bring the BJP back to power in the coming elections for which he was working "very hard". "I personally feel that the BJP should contest all the 70 seats alone since it is big party," Khanduri, who became the chief minister of the hill state for the second time on September 11, said in an interview.
Khanduri`s statement will come as a setback for its coalition partner, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal led by Revenue Minister Diwakar Bhatt, which wants a political tie up with the saffron party to contest the February polls.
"The recent change of guard in Uttarakhand is also a well planned poll strategy of the BJP. My main focus is to bring BJP back to power for which I am working very hard," he said. He said his government has already taken a series of new initiatives to fight corruption which include bringing a new bill in the state assembly on the transfer policy, creation of a new department for good governance and elimination of corruption.
In addition to this, Khanduri said his government would also bring a new bill on the lines of Bihar where benami property can be confiscated for a social cause.
On creation of four new districts, Khanduri said since his predecessor Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had already made an official announcement, he would make sure that these new districts are formed as early as possible.
A lot of ground work like collecting data has to be done before the new districts are created, he said.
PTI