Poll in 5 states semi-final of Lok Sabha polls: Gadkari

He accuses Congress-led UPA of indulging in corrupt practices,including the 2G spectrum scam.

BJP President Nitin Gadkari today said the coming assembly elections in five states was “semi-final” for the Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2014.

“These elections are semi-finals of the Lok Sabha polls (of 2014),” Gadkari said addressing an election meeting at Nurpurbedi in this district.

The BJP chief appealed to the people to vote for a party,which can reshape the future of the nation.

Addressing the meeting in which Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and BJP Vice President Shanta Kumar were also present,Gadkari accused the Congress-led UPA of indulging in corrupt practices,including the 2G spectrum scam.

“While Punjab is progressing under the leadership of the Chief Minister Badal,the Congress leadership under Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh has destroyed the country,” he said.

Gadkari said the Centre was not ready to disclose the names of the people who have stashed their blackmoney abroad “because of the simple reason as Congress party’s name will be blackened”.

He said whenever BJP-led government comes back to power at the Centre it would bring back blackmoney stashed abroad.

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Badal said his government had started many development projects and that they needed one more chance to complete the pending works.

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