Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party's stand on Article 370 is "very clear", Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the saffron party is going to polls in Jammu and Kashmir to get rid of "misgovernance and corruption" from the state.
"The aspiration of the people as of now, in 2014, in November and December, when we go to polls, is to liberate this state and people from years and years of mis-governance, corruption and misappropriations of central funds," he said.
"All the issues (including Article 370), which are part of the BJP manifesto all these years will be part of the agenda. They will continue to be so," Singh said.
Replying to a query on Article 370, he said "the ideological issue you point to, BJP's stand is very clear and it is known to you".
The Minister of State, PMO, was talking to reporters while inaugurating BJP Media Centre here for its "Mission 44+" in the assembly elections.
Singh further said that the BJP has joined the election fray with a pledge that "we will ensure judicious and a just utilisation of central funds -- we will ensure a corruption free governance".
"Apart from this, we will also strive to reproduce the model of governance which is there before all of us in BJP-ruled states in the rest of the country," he said.
When asked some of the BJP sitting MLAs are resigning to join other parties, he said "I do not want to indulge into the debate over it. There is purely inner party democracy in BJP. It is the only party, which is not being governed by dynasty or family".
