Thiruvananthapuram:
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has said the outcome of Assembly polls in five states will have a serious impact on the UPA government at the Centre and might even affect its longevity.
The election results would further strengthen the BJP-led NDA as the main alternative since Left was not in a position to revive the Third Front, Jaitley, who is in Kerala to campaign for BJP for the April 13 Assembly polls, told reporters.
"The overall outcome will have a significant impact even outside (these five states). In the last few months there has been a huge decline in the acceptability, popularity and credibility of the UPA and the Congress party," he said.
Absence of effective governance and decision making, along with issues like price rise and corruption, had eroded the credibility of the government, he said.
In case of corruption, he said, "The UPA had either sought to cover it up or passed on the blame."
The overall mood of the country was turning against the UPA and the NDA would benefit from that. The Left's efforts to organise the Third Front would not succeed as the elections would be a serious setback to them also, he said.
To a question if there was any possibility of a mid-term Lok Sabha poll, he said since the UPA government was "nervous, panicky and suffering from lack of effective leadership" the situation could even affect its longevity.
Jaitley said BJP would do quite well in Assam and fare better in Kerala.
Despite its inherent strength, Kerala has not been able to make progress at the pace it should have as the political process remained polarised between LDF and UDF for long.
To a question on corruption charges against Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Jaitley said the matter was being looked into by Lokayukta.
He, however, said there was a difference between mere allegations and charges of corruption that come out through reports of institutions like CAG based on facts.
On the rift between JPC and PAC looking into 2G spectrum scam issue, he said the Parliamentary system has sufficient strength to address and reconcile such issues. "These institutions know how to respect each other and reconcile," he said.
The election results would further strengthen the BJP-led NDA as the main alternative since Left was not in a position to revive the Third Front, Jaitley, who is in Kerala to campaign for BJP for the April 13 Assembly polls, told reporters.
"The overall outcome will have a significant impact even outside (these five states). In the last few months there has been a huge decline in the acceptability, popularity and credibility of the UPA and the Congress party," he said.
Absence of effective governance and decision making, along with issues like price rise and corruption, had eroded the credibility of the government, he said.
In case of corruption, he said, "The UPA had either sought to cover it up or passed on the blame."
The overall mood of the country was turning against the UPA and the NDA would benefit from that. The Left's efforts to organise the Third Front would not succeed as the elections would be a serious setback to them also, he said.
To a question if there was any possibility of a mid-term Lok Sabha poll, he said since the UPA government was "nervous, panicky and suffering from lack of effective leadership" the situation could even affect its longevity.
Jaitley said BJP would do quite well in Assam and fare better in Kerala.
Despite its inherent strength, Kerala has not been able to make progress at the pace it should have as the political process remained polarised between LDF and UDF for long.
To a question on corruption charges against Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Jaitley said the matter was being looked into by Lokayukta.
He, however, said there was a difference between mere allegations and charges of corruption that come out through reports of institutions like CAG based on facts.
On the rift between JPC and PAC looking into 2G spectrum scam issue, he said the Parliamentary system has sufficient strength to address and reconcile such issues. "These institutions know how to respect each other and reconcile," he said.
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