Gadkari slams UPA govt

The country, at present, was in a shambles due to "bad governance and corruption" associated with the UPA rule, he said.

Price spiral, falling GDP rate and devaluation of the rupee against the dollar were matters of grave concern, the BJP chief said.

The country was likely to witness a situation where its gold reserves might be pledged to foreign nations due to "faulty" policies of the UPA government, he said.

The situation in the country during the rule of the UPA-1 and UPA-11 had gone from bad to worse, Gadkari alleged.

On the 2014 Lok Sabha election, he exuded confidence about the NDA forming the next government at the Centre.

Regarding the oft-repeated charge that his party was communal, Gadkari dismissed it saying the BJP had never taken any decision on the basis of religion and caste.

Citing an example, the BJP chief said nine of his party MLAs in Goa were catholic Christians.

Gadkari was in town to felicitate party workers on the SAD-BJP's impressive show in the recent Punjab assembly poll.