The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Hindutva ideology had a ‘negative’ impact in the northeast where its relevance was almost negligible, said Kiren Rijiju, a former national secretary of the party and MP while joining the Congress in Itanagar on August 28. “I would say the BJP’s Hindutva campaign had a very negative impact in the northeast, a region with a dominant minority population. Hindutva failed to cut much ice among the people in the region,” Said Rijiju who was earlier considered the face of the BJP in the northeast. “I realised that the Congress party was the best option to work for the development of the northeast. I am committed to carry my agenda for overall socio-economic progress of Arunachal Pradesh and the whole of the region,” the former MP from Arunachal Pradesh West constituency said. “The problems and sentiments of the people of the northeast were not understood by the BJP leadership. I tried my best to make the leadership realise the intricate problems of the region, but then they simply failed to understand,” Rijiju said. “This is an important political development and we are happy that he is with us now,” Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu said. The development is significant for the ruling Congress as Arunachal Pradesh goes to the polls to elect a 60-member legislature sometime in October.
HINDUTVA HAD NEGATIVE ROLE IN NORTHEAST
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Hindutva ideology had a ‘negative’ impact in the northeast where its relevance was almost negligible, said Kiren Rijiju, a former national secretary of the party and MP while joining the Congress in Itanagar on August 28.
