Union house minister Amit Shah on Wednesday attacked the Congress and mentioned the occasion’s vote financial institution politics was the rationale for the inaction of earlier governments on Kashmir and blamed the opposition occasion for stalling the Sardar Sarovar dam undertaking for years.
Shah has addressed over 10 rallies in Gujarat since Sunday to endorse BJP candidates within the meeting elections, scheduled on December 1 and 5, the place his occasion is searching for a seventh straight victory. The outcomes will probably be declared on December 8.
On Wednesday, Shah was in Surendranagar district’s Dasada city the place he attacked the Congress.
“Shouldn’t Article 370 be faraway from Kashmir?” he requested, referring to the now-nullified provision that bestowed particular standing on Kashmir.
“For years, the Congress occasion performed on with Article 370, which was dumped on the nation by Jawaharlal Nehru. Why did they accomplish that? Because of their votebank politics. You already know very effectively which vote financial institution I’m referring to,” he mentioned.
He accused opposition events of making an attempt to stall the Nationwide Democratic Alliance authorities’s choice to successfully abrogate Article 370 and mentioned the Congress occasion additionally insulted BR Ambedkar.
“The 5 generations of the household, left no stone unturned to insult Babasaheb Ambedkar… they didn’t let him enter Parliament, didn’t give him the Bharat Ratna, they didn’t even constructed any statue of Babasaheb. Whereas, the BJP authorities below Narendra Modi etched babasaheb’s title in gold,” he mentioned.
“Aside from that, the BJP declared April 14 as ‘Samrasta Diwas’ and November 26 as ‘Samvidhan Diwas’ in honor of Babasaheb Ambedkar… By all these, the BJP has etched Babasaheb’s title in historical past in gold,” he added.
Shah additionally mentioned the Narendra Modi authorities banned on the spot triple talaq to ensure the rights of Muslim ladies.
Earlier within the day, Shah addressed a rally at Jasdan in assist of BJP candidate Kunwarji Bavaliya, and criticised activist Medha Patkar becoming a member of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. “There may be no higher insult to the folks of Gujarat, than inserting your palms on the shoulders of those that stalled the Narmada scheme for 20 years,” he mentioned.
He added that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal nominated Patkar as a candidate within the 2014 basic elections. “However he’s smart sufficient to not carry her right here in Gujarat on the time of elections.”
The Congress hit again. “So far as Article 370 is anxious, it’s nonetheless part of the Structure. Amit Shah is house minister; being a accountable particular person, he mustn’t give misinformation… You go by the ordinance… which was introduced in 2019. It says… utilizing the ability of Article 370, we’re making these adjustments. And until now, greater than 30 adjustments have been made on this article however the article continues to be part of the Structure…,” Congress spokesperson, Alok Sharma mentioned.