Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Sunday said his party would win more than 200 out of 230 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, where elections are set to be held at the end of the year.
He has arrived in the state capital to lay the foundation stone of a BJP office.
"The warm welcome accorded to me by the spirited BJP cadre shows we are going to more than 200 Assembly seats in MP," he said.
The 2018 elections in Madhya Pradesh threw up a hung Assembly, with the Congress emerging as the largest party with 114 seats in the 230-member House, while the BJP won on 109 seats.
However, the BJP got 41.02 per cent votes against the Congress' 40.89 per cent.
The Congress formed a government under Kamal Nath, which fell in March 2020 when MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia revolted, paving the way for the return of Shivraj Singh Chouhan as chief minister.
Nadda said "BJP gave 14 medical colleges to Madhya Pradesh in last nine years--maximum in India." He emphasised that booth presidents should inform public about these developments, their positive impact on individual and state's growth.
He said that MP's contribution in GDP rose to 4.8% from 3%. "And CM Chouhan and his team worked hard to take MP to heights. "
He accused Kamal Nath of discontinuing BJP's development policies like Awaas Yojana, Jal Jeewan Yojana, Women Empowerment schemes and more during Congress' 15-month tenure between 2018 Dec to 2020 March.
State BJP President VD Sharma, while addressing workers' convention, assured his boss Nadda of winning 200 seats in upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. He emphasised on 'booth ko mazboot' campaign, stating that BJP will 51% votes in every booth.
CM Chouhan in his address praised Modi for his foreign policies."Ukraine and Russia halted war on Modi's call.
Targeting his opponent Kamal Nath, the CM said that Congress during its 18 months rule converted Madhya Pradesh into a 'Pradesh of Scams'. He accused Kamal Nath of making false promise of waving farmers' loans.
He encouraged women to register for 'Ladli Behna Yojana'-- in which all married women between 23 to 60 years with annual family income of less than Rs 2.5 lakh will be eligible to receive Rs 1000 every month. He informed that all the registration formalities will be done free-of-cost.
"No, we do not promise Unemployment Allowance instead we will give wings to our students. Under Youth Policy, selected students will join training with companies in varied sectors-- law and police, construction, media, art, economy and more. They will be paid a stipend of Rs 8000 a month for one year, the CM said."
