As the initial EC trends Thursday indicated another term forthe NDA government at the Centre, sitting MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, who isleading from the Jammu parliamentary seat, said people voted for the”courageous and bold steps” taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sharma is leading against his rival Congress candidate RamanBhalla by over 30,000 votes in Jammu seat.
“It is vote for the courageous and bold steps takenPrime Minister Narendra Modi during last five year of his rule,” Sharmatold reporters outside the counting centre here.
He expressed confidence that this “sweeping trend infavour of the BJP will turn soon into results”.
Asked whether it was Balakote or development that iscredited to the BJP trends, he said that everything that is taken in theinterest of the country including security, development and peace and progressgoes to the credit of government.
“Modi ji took strong steps for the security of thecountry and also for development. It is a mix of all of theseinitiatives”, he said.
He said the BJP had performed well in Kashmir too in thelast local body polls and “our efforts are on to do better in these pollsas well”.
Asked if his party would scrap Article 370 and 35-A if votedback to power, he said it is already in the BJP’s poll manifesto.
“We will do everything which is in the interest ofJammu and Kashmir. Nothing has been given by these Acts”, he said.
The BJP wants assembly elections as soon as possible, hesaid.