Home Minister Amit Shah slams opposition alliance INDIA

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the Congress and its allies, together with the DMK, saying nothing would occur by altering the identify of their alliance to INDIA.

Shah was addressing a rally right here, forward of kick-starting Tamil Nadu BJP President Ok Annamalai’s state-wide ‘En Mann, En Makkal (My Land, My People)’ padayatra.

“When Congress and its allies, including the DMK, go to the people seeking votes, the public would remember the corruption, including the 2G scam and Commonwealth Games scam during the UPA regime, ” he mentioned. 

READ | BJP asks opposition to withstand ‘aggravating scenario’ in Manipur

“Congress-DMK and allies opposed the removal of Art 370; is Kashmir ours or not,” he requested. 

Taking ahead Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tamil pitch, he mentioned Modi honoured Tamil tradition by putting in the ‘sengol’ within the new parliament constructing. The senior BJP chief hit out on the DMK regime, calling it essentially the most corrupt within the nation, and mentioned the BJP’s yatra is an try to usher in politics of growth and good governance in Tamil Nadu. Shah named Congress and its allies one after the other, together with the DMK, Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT), and accused all of them of attempting to empower their households and never the nation. 

“Sonia Gandhi wants to make her son Rahul the Prime Minister, M K Stalin wants to make his son Udhayanidhi the Chief Minister.” The BJP’s prime chief additionally criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray as leaders who desired to see their heirs in management positions. 

READ | 9 superfoods to extend testosterone ranges

“However, Modi is the only leader who is working for the nation’s development,” he mentioned. Shah additionally raised the problem of an accused one who is in jail persevering with as a minister in Tamil Nadu. 

“Stalin should be ashamed of retaining V Senthil Balaji, arrested in an Enforcement Directorate case and in jail, in the cabinet,” the union minister mentioned. “Can a person in jail continue as a minister,” he requested. 

“Should Senthil Balaji not have resigned? Even if Senthil Balaji resigns, Stalin will not accept it because he is afraid that all secrets will be disclosed.” Shah mentioned a single tweet of BJP state chief Annamalai has rattled the DMK regime, a reference to the state BJP chief’s allegations of corruption vis-a-vis the ‘DMK Files’. “Imagine what will happen when Annamalai takes the yatra across the state,” he requested. 

Shah later flagged off the ‘En Mann, En Makkal’ padayatra alongside state BJP president Ok Annamalai. 

The yatra, which is able to go on for six months, marks the beginning of BJP’s ballot marketing campaign forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The yatra will cowl all 234 meeting constituencies within the State.