BJP never made Rs 15L promise, oppn spreading disinformation to mislead people: Kalraj Mishra

Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Kalraj Mishra Saturday said his party had not promised Rs 15 lakh in everybody's bank account in the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, and accused the opposition parties of spreading "disinformation" over this issue to "mislead" people.

At a press conference here on the 39th foundation day of the BJP, he hit out at the Congress over its proposed minimum income guarantee scheme and the Rafale fighter jet issue claiming that the party was "in the habit of speaking lies".

To a question on the 2014 poll promise of providing Rs 15 lakh, Mishra said "I want to clarify that we never made any Rs 15 lakh promise. In a public address (ahead of 2014 polls), our leader said that if black money stashed abroad comes back, an estimated Rs 15 lakh can be given per family. But this promise was never made in our party's manifesto."
On Congress' 'Nyay' (minimum income guarantee scheme), Mishra said, "They were in power for 10 years, why did they not think about the poor then? Moreover, they have not yet explained the process how they will give this amount. They made promises in 2004 and 2009, but failed to fulfil those. They are in the habit of speaking lies."
On the anti-terror air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot, Mishra said, "While Pakistan asked for proof, it was unfortunate that some parties in our country too had raised doubts about these strikes."
Asked why the BJP-led NDA had not scrapped Article 370 till now, Mishra replied, "After taking the people of Kashmir into confidence, appropriate decision will be taken on Article 370. We want to take everyone along."