Nagpur/Sikar: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Monday asserted that votes are won on the basis of ‘politics of service’ rather than on ‘posters and banners’.
Gadkari was addressing a programme on the death anniversary of former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat at Khachariyawas village in Sikar district of Rajasthan. He said he had fought the last election from a very difficult constituency (Nagpur) and people had told him not to contest from there, but he went ahead with determination.
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“Now I have decided that in the next election, I will not put up any poster or banner, I will not offer tea to anyone or do anything else. Those who want to vote for me will do so and those who don’t want to, will not,” he said.
Gadkari exuded confidence that he would win the election by a bigger margin than the last time when he won with a margin of 3.5 lakh votes. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said the concept of “politics of service” was brought in by RSS ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, and that he defined his politics on this concept.mHe said Upadhyaya gave the BJP’s ideology of nationalism which is the party’s soul. “The nation is paramount. We have to work with commitment for the nation,” he said.
“Good governance and development is our mission. Upadhyaya gave the concept of Antyodaya which means to take development down to the last person. Our aim is to provide food, shelter, clothing to those who are socially, economically and educationally marginalised. When we are able to do that, our mission will be complete,” he said.
Gadkari said the need today is to take development to the villages and make smart villages where education and health facilities are available, employment opportunities are created for youth and farmers reap benefits from agriculture. He said the work on the Delhi-Jaipur electric highway is on and when electric buses run, the ticket cost will be Rs 30 lesser to the (present) fare.
