Holding the Congress responsible for promoting the “crisis of trust” in politics, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that people’s faith in political leaders had been eroded by the party’s failure to keep its promises. The BJP, on the other hand, had taken steps to build up people’s confidence by treating it as a challenge, Mr. Singh said.
Mr. Singh was addressing public meetings at Rajsamand and Nathdwara in Rajasthan after the BJP’s candidates filed their nomination papers there for the upcoming Assembly election. The Defence Minister said that it was the difference between words and deeds, exacerbated by the Congress, that had led to the people’s loss of confidence in the political system.
The people of Rajasthan were aware of how many promises made by the Congress before the 2018 Assembly election had actually been fulfilled, the Defence Minister said. “Whenever elections come, the Congress starts giving assurances. This kind of politics can help form the government, but it cannot build the society and the nation,” he said.
