Jaitley's dig at Rahul Gandhi, says BJP is pro-Hindutava, who cares for clone

Union minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jailtey has claimed that BJP had maintained its credibility whereas Congress was on the cusp of extinction. After a massive victory in UP civic polls, the FM said that Gujarat was very important for the party and they have been consistently winning from there.

Speaking to reporters in Surat, he said that BJP has always been a pro-Hindutva party.

"BJP has always been seen as a pro-Hindutva party and if someone wants to mimic us, I do not have any complaint. But there is a basic principle in politics, if an original is available why would anyone prefer a clone?" Jailtey told mediapersons in Surat.

Highlights:

# It's a matter of Censor Board. Let them take a decision: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Padmavati

# BJP has always been seen as a pro-Hindutva party so if an original is available why one would prefer a clone?

# The results haven't been out yet and they have already started making excuses for their defeat: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on EVM tampering

# While BJP has maintained its credibility, Congress is slowly becoming extinct

# In 1990s the reforms were taken under compulsion but the government under PM Modi is undertaking the reforms by conviction

# Foreign Investments had completely stopped at a point in India. Today we have come up by 42 positions in the World ranking of Ease of doing business: FM Arun Jaitley

# The 10 years of governance before Modi Ji's govt was the most corrupt govt we have ever seen. It was a leaderless govt. It was said that the then PM is a PM in office but not in power

# During 80s politics of social polarisation was rampant here. The region got rid of that under BJP govt and we have been constantly trying to take it on the path to development

# Gujarat is a very important region for BJP because we have been winning and serving here more than two decades