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Various political parties on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of Assembly elections in five states, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) exuding confidence of victory due to the “positive undercurrent” after demonetisation and Congress urging Election Commission (EC) to ensure free and fair polls. Others such as the Samajwadi Party, in power in Uttar Pradesh, has, however, said they would ask the EC to get the Budget — brought forward by almost a month to 1 February — postponed.
“State elections are fought largely on the state-level issues…(but) there is a positive undercurrent for BJP across the country which is what we have seen post-demonetisation,” BJP national spokesperson G V L Narsimha Rao said. To drive his point, Rao cited the examples of the party’s impressive show in the recently held by-elections and civic polls, particularly in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
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