Panaji Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the BJP has been a different party and that is why it has repeatedly won the trust of voters, but warned the saffron team not to repeat the mistakes made by the Congress in the past, which saw its exit. power.
"If we continue doing what the Congress used to do, then their exit and our entry will be of no use," Gadkari stressed in comments that came more than a month after the BJP failed to secure a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha. center.
Gadkari was addressing a BJP executive meeting in Goa near Panaji, which was attended by the party's state unit president Sadanand Tanavade and chief minister Pramod Sawant, among other leaders.
In his 40-minute speech, the Union minister recalled his mentor and former deputy chief minister L K Advani's statement that "the BJP is a different party".
"Advaniji used to say that we are a different party. We have to understand how different we are from other parties," said the former BJP president.
The Lok Sabha MP from Nagpur said people chose the BJP because of the Congress's mistakes and warned his party not to make the same mistakes.
"If we make the same mistakes, then it won't help if they go out and we come in," Gadkari said.
"That is why, in the coming days, party cadres should know that politics is an instrument to achieve social and economic reforms," he said.
Gadkari stressed that "We (BJP) have to create a corruption-free country and for this we should have a plan in place."
Referring to politics in neighboring Maharashtra, Gadkari argued that in his home state there is a tendency to play politics according to caste (jativadi rajkaran).
"I have decided not to follow this trend. I have told people that I will not indulge in caste-based politics (jaat-paat). Jo karega jaat ki baat, usko padegi kaske laath (whoever talks about caste will be kicked hard )," he warned.
Gadkari said that a person is known by the values he possesses and not by his caste.
In a message to Goa BJP cadres, Gadkari urged them to visit all constituencies and strengthen the organization so that the party can retain power after the 2027 assembly elections.
"If we continue doing what the Congress used to do, then their exit and our entry will be of no use," Gadkari stressed in comments that came more than a month after the BJP failed to secure a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha. center.
Gadkari was addressing a BJP executive meeting in Goa near Panaji, which was attended by the party's state unit president Sadanand Tanavade and chief minister Pramod Sawant, among other leaders.
In his 40-minute speech, the Union minister recalled his mentor and former deputy chief minister L K Advani's statement that "the BJP is a different party".
"Advaniji used to say that we are a different party. We have to understand how different we are from other parties," said the former BJP president.
The Lok Sabha MP from Nagpur said people chose the BJP because of the Congress's mistakes and warned his party not to make the same mistakes.
"If we make the same mistakes, then it won't help if they go out and we come in," Gadkari said.
"That is why, in the coming days, party cadres should know that politics is an instrument to achieve social and economic reforms," he said.
Gadkari stressed that "We (BJP) have to create a corruption-free country and for this we should have a plan in place."
Referring to politics in neighboring Maharashtra, Gadkari argued that in his home state there is a tendency to play politics according to caste (jativadi rajkaran).
"I have decided not to follow this trend. I have told people that I will not indulge in caste-based politics (jaat-paat). Jo karega jaat ki baat, usko padegi kaske laath (whoever talks about caste will be kicked hard )," he warned.
Gadkari said that a person is known by the values he possesses and not by his caste.
In a message to Goa BJP cadres, Gadkari urged them to visit all constituencies and strengthen the organization so that the party can retain power after the 2027 assembly elections.
