Fatehpur (Himachal Pradesh):BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday said the progress of Himachal Pradesh will come to a halt if a wrong government comes to power in the hill state. Addressing a rally here in support of party candidate Rakesh Pathania on the last day of campaigning for the November 12 Assembly polls, Nadda enumerated various projects launched by the "double-engine" BJP governments at the Centre and the state and said, "This is the time for a renewal of the government. When one engine goes down, Himachal goes down.... If a good gardener is not chosen, the garden will be ruined."
Cautioning people against falling for any kind of bait, he said, "Only two days are left for the polls and you should be more vigilant. Be aware of those who come to you in the darkness of the night." Exhorting people not to vote on the basis of castes and regions, Nadda said, "This election is about your rights for the next five years, so use your vote wisely."
He accused the previous Congress-led governments at the Centre and the state of stalling big projects such as the Atal tunnel and the Leh rail project. "These projects were stuck for years due to the Congress. After the (Narendra) Modi government came to power in 2014, the Atal tunnel project was completed in two years," the president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said.