Purvanchalis to be deciding factor in Delhi polls again: Shahnawaz Hussain

BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said AAP didn’t work in the areas that needed its attention and thought freebies would help it win elections.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), out of power in the Delhi assembly since 1998, is looking to make a comeback in the national capital.

Its leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain spoke to Sanjeev K Jha about wooing voters from the Purvanchali and minority communities, and the party’s strategy for the coming elections. Edited excerpts:

I believe that the minority communities have decided to go with the BJP for its “sarva-dharma-sambhav” (respect for all religions) thinking, and for development. I am in regular touch with the minority leaders of both the parties [the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress], and they allege that both the parties have categorically asked their spokespersons [from minority communities] to not appear in any TV debate.