New Delhi: Governance will be the main issue for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the coming Assembly polls and the subsequent Lok Sabha elections a year later, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said today (October 29).

"Those who have provided good governance should be elected and those who have failed should be voted out," he said addressing a function organised by Delhi BJP president Madan Lal Khurana for celebration of Diwali.

Noting that the BJP had started focussing on governance instead of political issues since 1997, Advani said it was bearing fruits.

"Since we are not talking of political issues, our opponents are also not raising such issues," he said.

Referring to Assembly polls in Goa earlier this year, Advani said BJP's political opponents had raised political issues, raking up Gujarat incidents and claiming that minorities were not safe under BJP rule.

On the other hand, BJP leader Manohar Parrikar told people that they had seen his governance once and if they felt it was good they should vote for the party, he said, adding this issue clicked.

BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu said the coming Assembly polls in five states would impact upon the national polity although these would have no bearing on the party-led Central Government.

He said new political equations would emerge after these elections.

PTI