The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
‘ Can country run on Sharia’: Shah claims Cong wants separate law for minorities
Vows to implement UCC across country
UNION HOME Minister Amit Shah Friday claimed that the Congress was moving forward with the “agenda of the Muslim League” and that it was planning a “separate law for minorities”.
Addressing a public rally in Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district, Shah said: “They ( Congress) have said they will make a separate law for minorities. Tell me, should the country function on the basis of Sharia? Should triple talaq be reintroduced?”
“Rahul baba ( Congress leader Rahul Gandhi), neither the people will elect you, nor will triple talaq be reintroduced. We will not allow anyone to touch CAA ( Citizenship Amendment Act), triple talaq and ( abrogation of) Article 370,” he said.
Bemetara is part of Durg Lok Sabha constituency which goes to poll on May 7.
Campaigning for BJP’S Durg candidate Vijay Baghel, the Home Minister blamed the Congress for the death of Bhuneshwar Sahu, a resident of Biranpur who was kille d in a communal clash near his residence in 2023. His father Ishwar Sahu, with no political background, won the Assembly election from Saja constituency on a BJP ticket last November.
Highlighting the achievements of the Narendra Modi government, Shah said the prime minister has ended terrorism and safeguarded the country. “Give a third term to PM Modi and we will end Naxalism in two years.” As per Chhattisgarh police, about 80 Maoists have been killed this year so far.
Indirectly attacking former
CM Baghel, he said: “Narendra Modi has been chief minister and prime minister for 23 years, but no corruption charges were levelled against him, while on the other hand, there are leaders of Congress and UPA who committed scams worth ` 12 lakh crore. Now dressed in new clothes of ‘ INDI’ alliance, they have been seeking votes.”
Giving examples of Ram Mandir inauguration and Abrogation of 370, Shah said, “Modi- ji has done what nobody could do for a thousand years.”
He said: “When I stood with the Kashmir Bill in Parliament, Rahul baba said do not remove it ( Article 370). He said blood will flow like river if it happens. Five years have passed and not even a stone has been hurled.”
Earlier, speaking at rallies in Madhya Pradesh's Guna and Rajgarh districts, Shah reiterated the BJP guarantee “to implement the Uniform Civil Code across the country”. “In its manifesto, Congress said they will re- implement personal laws. You tell me, can this country run on Sharia? As long as BJP is there, we will not let it happen. This country will be run by UCC. This is the spirit of the Constitution. We brought UCC in Utatrakhand and this is our guarantee, we will implement the UCC across the country” said Shah.
Attacking former CM Digvijaya Singh, he said during his tenure, Madhya Pradesh was considered a Naxal- affected state. “Diggy Raja had left Rajgarh and gone to Bhopal, and today he is seeking votes from the people of Rajgarh. It was on Diggy Raja's advice that Rahul Gandhi included the promise of bringing personal laws for minorities in his manifesto,” Shah said.