Citing BJP's win in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls as people's "stamp of approval" for demonetisation, party president Amit Shah today said its victory in elections in different parts of the country following the decision shows popular mood and should serve as a lesson to the opposition.
Shah said BJP has won in local polls in four places after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the decision and hit out at Congress, which has targeted the government over it, saying that the opposition party has emerged as a "symbol of negative politics" in the country.
BJP won 21 of 26 seats in Chandigarh municipal corporation and its ally Akali Dal won one while the Congress' tally fell to four from nine. BJP had contested 22 seats. Shah termed the win as "unprecedented".
"In elections held across different parts of the country following demonetisation, people have taught a lesson to the opposition and told it about their mood and the direction of politics. They have put a stamp of approval on the Prime Minister's decision.
"BJP's unprecedented win in Chandigarh is another example of people's faith in Modi's vision, BJP's politics of performance," Shah said in a statement.
It has become clear, he said, that the opposition wants to politicise demonetisation.
Its National Secretary Sidharth Nath Singh told a press conference that those running a campaign against BJP over demonetisation should now keep quiet.
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On his party's victory in Chandigarh Municipal
Corporation polls, BJP MP and BCCI President Anuraag Thakur said, "The election results highlight public's faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pro-people schemes and initiatives."
"This is a testimony of the fact that the step of demonetisation aimed at establishing a black money-free economy has received support of the public, thereby countering all the false allegations of the opposition. The people of Chandigarh have bestowed faith in BJP government and Narendra Modiji's able leadership," he said in a statement in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh.
