When I was the BJP president, I had fixed 33% for women in organisational posts. And BJP became the first party, not only in the country but in the world, to introduce women reservation in the organisation.
The BJP is only a front organisation. It is not a political party.
I have an ideological umbilical cord with the BJP... we are three-generation party supporters... my grandfather was a swayamsevak, my mother, a BJP booth activist.
Although BJP and Congress are two sides of same coin, BJP is far more communal. Since BJP came to power, there is an atmosphere of hatred, and there is a takeover of the democratic institutions.
I believe the BJP should respect each and every political party, and the BJP should evaluate and consider each party's relevance in Indian politics and then formulate its own strategy.
BJP is a political party with a difference that aims at good governance. This is proved by the fact that three of the five Chief Ministers according to a recent NDTV survey/poll are from BJP-ruled states.
For the poor, for those who want to serve, the only place left for such people is BJP. When someone joins the BJP family, it is not only about membership, we strengthen relationships.
From an organisation point of view, I want the BJP to be the bright national political party in all the states of India and having an impact on social life.
I was a booth worker of the BJP. I rose to become the party president.
Just because I have joined the BJP does not mean that I am an active BJP member.
How can BJP be anti-Bangla when BJP founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee himself was a Bengali?
On women empowerment, no one can challenge the BJP.
The BJP is certainly for empowerment of women.
BJP are opposed to a Muslim boy marrying a Hindu girl. Then how did BJP have an alliance with Mehbooba Mufti or Nitish Kumar or Chandrababu Naidu?
My party was the only party that opposed the bifurcation of the state in Parliament, and I was suspended from the House along with the other MP from my party. TDP supported and voted for bifurcation, as did the Congress and BJP. Every party barring mine voted.
When people speak of BJP being an 'election machine,' it is actually development and progress that is BJP's electoral machine.
Women have been given so many rights in BJP-ruled states.