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People Fed Up with BJP Rule, Says Jogi
by Sujeet Kumar

Raipur, Dec 31 (IANS) Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi says the Congress will comfortably form the next government in the state due to what he says is the "misrule" of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"People are fed up with the saffron government. Development activities have been blocked across the state and people are itching to get over the Raman Singh rule," Jogi said in an interview.

"I am committed to help the party back to power in the next elections in 2008 because the BJP government has pushed the state decades behind through flawed policies," he said.

Jogi refused to state whether he would like to be in national politics or remain in the state. "It's up to the party high command to decide my role. I will work anywhere under any circumstances."

Wheelchair-bound Jogi, who met with a near fatal accident while campaigning in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, is struggling to be physically fit.

Despite doctors' recommendation to avoid exertion, Jogi campaigned extensively for his wife Renu, who defeated the BJP candidate in Kota assembly constituency by a record margin. The election was described as a referendum between the BJP government and Jogi.

Renu's victory was widely seen as a tribute to Jogi's political skills to ground opponents in key battles.

"The Congress was shackled after losing power to BJP in 2003. It opened up some rift in the state unit but we all want to see the party back in power," Jogi stated.

Buoyed by his wife's success, Jogi is on a whirlwind tour of the state's interior pockets.

"I am just telling masses to compare the three-year Congress rule and the present Raman Raj - what they have been doing and what the Congress did. People know that the BJP government has let them down," he said.
 

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