BJP will fight UP polls on nationalism: State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh at Panchayat

Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party president Swatantra Dev Singh on Friday said the party would contest the next year’s assembly polls on the issue of nationalism. Speaking at the Panchayat Aaj Tak event, he said, “Uttar Pradesh election will be contested on the issue of nationalism.” When asked if nationalism is the issue why caste calculation is being done in the open, Swatantra Singh Dev said, “You can look at the BJP’s history, from Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyay to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Prime Minister Narendra ModiFor the BJP, nationalism has always been the core issue.” “Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s ideal was to uplift the last person standing in the queue Look at the Modi government All schemes such as the housing scheme, Ujjwala Yojana, Saubhagya Yojana or any other government scheme, they all are aimed at uplifting the status of the poor and downtrodden,” he said. Price rise is not an issue: UP BJP chief at Panchayat Aaj Tak Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Friday said there was no price rise in the state. “Mahangai nahin haiUttar Pradesh mein,” Swatantra Dev Singh responding to a question about price rise at the Panchayat Aaj Tak event.