‘Cong followed policy of divide and rule’
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday attacked the Congress, stating that the grand old party followed the policy of ‘divide and rule’ while the rightwing party was focused on taking everyone along.
“Congress worked with the policy of divide and rule, while BJP follows ‘sabka saath sabka vikas. This is why the north-east is marching ahead,” he said while addressing a meeting of party’s booth-level workers in Guwahati.
Shah visited the state capital to take stock of preparations for the upcoming panchayat polls.
Launching an attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Shah said: “Can he (Rahul) tell us what the Congress did for Assam the ten years it was in power?”and added that no work was done for the state even when former PM Manmohan Singh represented it in the Rajya Sabha.
“PM Modi has done justice when it comes to development of Assam. It is growing at a phenomenal pace,” the BJP chief said as he credited the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government with spearheading growth in the north-east.
The BJP chief accused the Congress of stalling Parliament as, according to him, the Opposition did not want discussions to take place on the BJP government’s newly launched “pro-poor schemes”. “If you dont allow Parliament to function, we will go to the masses,” he said
Setting his party’s target for next year’s general elections, Shah said they will win 21 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats from the north-east.
“I want to give a target for 2019 polls. We want to win more than 21 seats out of 25 seats from northeast,” he said.
Reacting to Shah’s accusations, Pradyut Bordoloi, senior vice president of Congress’s Assam unit said: “There’s no doubt that Amit Shah is totally drunk on power and disconnected with what’s happening on the ground. Congress is gearing up for 2019 and are poised to give a tough fight. The results will come as a surprise for BJP”.
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