BJP in a comfortable position to form govts in 4 states except Punjab: Party MP Syed Zafar Islam

Ravi S Singh

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 7

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Syed Zafar Islam on Tuesday said the BJP along with it allies is in a comfortable position to form governments in the four states, barring Punjab, going to the polls early next year.

He, however, said that while in Punjab the BJP is still in the process of finalising the matrix of its poll strategy, it has firmed up its poll plans for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, the other states going to the polls along with Punjab in February-March 2022.

Zafar Islam said outside Parliament that with regard to Punjab, the BJP is in talks with former chief minister Amarinder Singh and Akali groups. An alliance among them is on the anvil, he added.

“The issues of alliance, its structure, its spearhead and other poll-related matters are yet to be finalised in Punjab,” Zafar Islam said while cautioning nay-sayers that they would be writing off the BJP in the state at their own peril.

He said the Modi government had delivered handsome returns to the farming community in terms of policy, and administrative, welfare and fiscal support measures. The farming community in Punjab, too, had benefited, he added.

He said while the Congress in Punjab is a divided house, the AAP stock is taking a nosedive with each passing day, which would benefit the BJP.

With regard to Uttar Pradesh, he said the entire opposition parties are ranged against the BJP which is axiomatic of its overarching dominance in the state.