Decide between ‘vote for jihad’ and ‘vote for development’, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah said on Thursday that the Lok Sabha election this time is between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi or a “vote for jihad” versus a “vote for development”.
“This is an election being fought between those for uplift of family politics and those for progress of people of the country. Mr. Modi’s guarantees mean he will do it, whereas Rahul Gandhi’s guarantees will end at the sunset,” he remarked.
Addressing a public meeting in Bhongir, Mr. Shah accused the Congress of ‘peddling lies’ about the Modi government removing reservations once it returns to power, and said that despite enjoying a full majority, his government did nothing of that sort in the last two terms.
But, “in Telangana, the Congress has given 4% quota to Muslims cutting away the share of the SCs/ STs/BCs. The BJP will end the Muslim quota and share it with the marginalised sections once it comes to power in the State,” he asserted. The BJP leader also said that the ‘ABC troika’ — Asaduddin Owaisi, BRS and the Congress Party — practise ‘appeasement politics’, “refuse permit for Ram Navami procession, not celebrate Hyderabad Liberation Day and oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)”.
“Can the Congress Party and BRS control Mr. Owaisi?,” he questioned and charged that these parties wished to run Telangana per the “Shariah and Koran”. The parties had even boycotted the Ram Mandir ceremony, he said.
Taking Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s name, Mr. Shah claimed that the sa¨ron party is sure to win 10 seats with the Congress government failing to take up farm loan waiver, provide ₹15,000 for farmers, give ₹500 bonus per quintal for paddy crop, and grant student loans.
In comparison, Mr. Modi had removed legal obstacles for the construction of the Ram Temple, and Article 370 was abrogated making Kashmir “ours”, while terrorism and naxalism were “banished” from the country.