BJP unlikely to enter into post poll alliance with BSP:Jaitley

BJP today said that it is "unlikely" to enter into any post-poll alliance with BSP as its partnership in governance twice with that party was a " failed experiment".

"Moreover, in the last two years, our party has grown in UP as a major anti-SP and anti-BSP force. Hence, a tie-up with these parties is unlikely," BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley told a press conference here.

He also brushed aside the party's break-up with BJD in Orissa, saying that "we may have lost one ally but we have gained new ones like AGP in Assam and RLD in UP."

Charging the Congress-led government at the Centre with being lax in dealing with terrorism and unemployment, Jaitley expressed confidence that BJP's "pro-active" stance on these issues will ensure party's success in the Lok Sabha elections.

"Terrorism and unemployment are the two biggest problems that the nation is facing. The Congress has been lax in tackling both of these.  "On the other hand, we had been pro-active while in power and have maintained the spirit even when we are in opposition. People of the country will definitely notice the difference and vote in our favour," he said.

Voicing concern over the terrorist attacks in the last few years and "recent intelligence inputs of the Taliban working towards spreading its tentacles in the country", Jaitley alleged that the Congress-led government "has chosen to accord greater priority to its vote-bank politics by scrapping POTA, refusing to punish the Parliament attack accused and deceiving the people by saying that there was no need for a stringent law to combat terrorism.

"We, on the other hand, have always given top priority to national security. Today, when Taliban seems to have become an ideology which threatens to spread its reach to our country, the BJP with its consistently tough stand can ensure national security," he said.

Jaitley also attacked the UPA government "which had come to power with the promise of providing one crore jobs every year but its policies has resulted in loss of employment to 1.5 crore people."

He said, "The NDA government headed by us had taken up massive infrastructure building schemes like the Golden Quadrilateral and expanding the network of village roads. Unfortunately, the UPA has slowed down the process. This has resulted in worsening of the unemployment situation as infrastructure building is a labour-intensive exercise."