Amit Shah Takes Swipe at Congress for Plundering the Country for Many Years

Amit Shah criticized the INDIA alliance, emphasizing the long-awaited construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. He dismissed the Congress’s claims about the Pran Prathishtha not being performed correctly and cautioned that if the Congress were to come into power, they would obstruct the Ram Mandir’s progress. Shah denounced dynastic politics, pointing to Lalu Yadav’s and Mamata Banerjee’s desires for their family members to assume leadership roles, as well as Sonia Gandhi’s aspirations for her son, Rahul Gandhi, to become Prime Minister. He stressed that political power should ultimately be decided by the people and not reserved for any specific family.

The Congress’s stance on Article 370 was also condemned, with Shah attributing its abrogation to Prime Minister Modi and asserting that it has curbed terrorism. He also claimed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as belonging to India, expressing fearlessness in dealing with the situation. Shah accused the Congress of corruption and assured that the Modi government would hold corrupt individuals accountable by putting them in jail. He praised the development in Uttar Pradesh under the “double engine government” of Modi and Yogi Adityanath, citing the state’s infrastructure growth, including expressways, metro networks, medical colleges, a film city, and a toy park, as evidence of progress.

He attributed the reduction of criminal activity in the state to Yogi Adityanath’s leadership. The focus then shifted to the constituencies of Amethi and Raebareli, previously considered strongholds of the Gandhi family. The report noted Rahul Gandhi’s candidacy in Raebareli and the deployment of a close family aide, Kishori Lal Sharma, against Smriti Irani in Amethi. It highlighted the decline in the Congress’s success in Uttar Pradesh, from winning two seats in 2014 to just one in 2019.

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