"It is a compliment for the people of the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency who have sent out a loud and clear signal of their support to Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister of India," BJP's Udhampur candidate Jitendra Singh told reporters here today.
He said the delay on the part of Congress to announce its candidate for the seat is a manifestation of its leadership's confusion and nervousness, resulting from overwhelming response to the BJP campaign in the constituency.
Singh said the people' enthusiasm during BJP's campaign in Kathua, Bani, Basohli, Billawar, Hiranagar, Udhampur and Reasi had sounded alarm bells for the Congress leadership.
Singh, who had to postpone his visit to Doda and Kishtwar today on account of bad weather there, said wherever he had gone so far the people had come out wholeheartedly in support of BJP because they "believe that this is the only party which can liberate them from clutches of corruption, mis-governance and dynasty rule.
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