BJP to go solo in 2017 UP assembly elections: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
On DDCA controversy, Naqvi said Arun Jaitely is ‘clean and honest’.
Bareilly (UP):
Rejecting speculations, BJP leader and Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said his party will contest Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, slated next year, on its own.
-"BJP will contest the coming 2017 Assembly elections on its own and form its government,-" Naqvi, who was here to attend a private function, told reporters on Friday.
Speaking on the DDCA controversy involving Finance Minister Arun Jaitely, Naqvi said the senior BJP leader was -"clean and honest-" and lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party, which he said was indulging in drama.
The Minister of State for Minorities also accused the Congress of stalling country's development.
-"Congress having feudal and imperial mentality does not want development of the country,-" he said as he labelled the party as -"the mother of corruption-".
Taking a dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's foreign trip on New Year, Naqvi said anyone can celebrate new year anywhere in the world.
-"May be, foreign trip could give him some good sense,-" he added.