Rally was aimed at saving democracy: Shatrughan

Kudos to the fiery Mamata di for bringing together most influential political minds under a common cause of saving the Indian democracy from being ruined. — SHATRUGHAN SINHA, BJP leader

Patna, Jan. 20: Firing a fresh salvo at the BJP leadership and the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, disgruntled party leader Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday said the rally at Kolkata where he shared the stage with a host of opposition leaders was aimed at “saving Indian democracy from being ruined”.

The actor-turned-politician and Patna Sahib MP, who had rankled the party by his presence at the rally and speaking about “tanashahi” (dictatorship) prevailing under the leadership of Modi and Amit Shah as against “lokshahi” (democracy) that characterized the Atal-Advani era, sought to twist the knife with a couple of tweets.

“What an amazing gathering and what a mammoth audience that came together in Bengal in lakhsto listen to and support this spontaneous show of solidarity in favour of a change parivartan!” exclaimed Sinha in his first tweet about the public meet which was organized by West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.

“Kudos to our sister, the great lady of Bengal, the fiery Mamata di, who needs to be roundly complimented for bringing together one of the largest congregations of the strongest and most influential political minds and leaders from all corners of the country on the same stage under a common cause of saving the Indian democracy from being ruined,” Sinha said in the second tweet.