BHARATIYA Janata Party leader L K Advani today said there was all possibility of the National Democratic Alliance getting a chance to form the next government at the Centre.
However, he remained non-committal on whether he was a prime ministerial contender.
Enthused by the response to his Jan Chetna Yatra in Bihar, Advani, on Day 2 of the yatra, claimed the UPA government is unlikely to complete its term.
Addressing media persons, he said: “Even though elections are not so near, the way this UPA government is running, there is a concern that elections could happen before time. There is all possibility that the NDA will get a chance to form the next government.”
When asked if he was still the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, he said: “At present, the elections are not so near. The party will decide as to who will be its prime ministerial candidate when the elections come.”
“There is a possibility of early polls under the present situation because of corruption and black money,” he added.
Asked specifically whether he was willing to be the PM candidate if the party chose him, Advani refused to reply saying, “I have already said what I wanted.”
Advani’s Jan Chetna Yatra began at Sitabdiara in Saran district, the birth place of late Jayaprakash Narayan, on Oct 11.
Advani said people were ascribing motives now on the purpose of his yatra.
“It is not possible for people to imagine that someone can take out a nation-wide yatra on the issue of corruption.”
Advani asked the UPA government to come out with the steps taken so far by it to get back the black money of Indians stashed away in various tax havens abroad.
Quoting the Global Financial Integrity Report, an international think tank in America, he said from 1948 to 2008 India had lost a total of USD 213 billion in illicit financial flows. The present value of India’s total illicit financial flows is at least USD 462 billion or approximately Rs 23,10,000 crore, he said.
Estimates given by Swiss banks themselves put it at USD 1.4 trillion with India topping the list, followed by Russia, UK and then China, he added.
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