Shah tears into Rahul, says he is coming to Gujarat as a tourist

  • | Wednesday | 22nd November, 2017

Rajkot: BJP national president Amit Shah on Tuesday termed the Gujarat assembly elections as a fight between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda and Congress' caste and dynastic politics. "This year's assembly election in Gujarat is not just a fight between two parties or a fight for who will become the chief minister, but it is to decide if 'jaativad' (casteism) and 'vanshvad' (dynastic politics) will win or Narendra Modi's 'vikasvad' (development politics) will triumph," Shah said. "The people of Gujarat have to decide now...will they choose Congress, which had tried to create a caste divide during their rule between 1985 and 1995 by putting KHAM theory into practice or choose the development and stability provided by the BJP government since 1995," Shah said. KHAM denoted a votebank of four communities, namely, Kshatriyas, Harijans, Adivasis and Muslims.He expressed the confidence that people of Gujarat will let BJP continue the journey of development till 2022.Shah further said that the Congress has tried to outsource its campaign and is just indulging in caste politics to win the Gujarat polls. This was Shah's apparent reference to the Congress' attempts to win over Patidars and Other Backward Communities (OBCs).Claiming that terrorists in Kashmir were killing soldiers and people with impunity during the UPA rule, Shah reminded the gathering of Army's surgical strikes conducted during the Modi regime.

Rajkot: BJP national president Amit Shah on Tuesday termed the Gujarat assembly elections as a fight between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda and Congress' caste and dynastic politics. He took a jibe at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi saying that he is a tourist who believes Gujarat is a tourist spot, referring to the Congress scion's recent visits to the state for his party's Navsarjan Yatra.Addressing a rally in Bhavnagar, before state BJP Jitu Vaghani filed his nomination from Bhavnagar (west) seat, Shah also raked up Gandhi's statement on autonomy for Kashmir and on the Rohingya refugee issue, daring the Congress to make clear their stand."This year's assembly election in Gujarat is not just a fight between two parties or a fight for who will become the chief minister, but it is to decide if 'jaativad' (casteism) and 'vanshvad' (dynastic politics) will win or Narendra Modi's 'vikasvad' (development politics) will triumph," Shah said."The people of Gujarat have to decide now...will they choose Congress, which had tried to create a caste divide during their rule between 1985 and 1995 by putting KHAM theory into practice or choose the development and stability provided by the BJP government since 1995," Shah said. KHAM denoted a votebank of four communities, namely, Kshatriyas, Harijans, Adivasis and Muslims.He expressed the confidence that people of Gujarat will let BJP continue the journey of development till 2022.Shah further said that the Congress has tried to outsource its campaign and is just indulging in caste politics to win the Gujarat polls. This was Shah's apparent reference to the Congress' attempts to win over Patidars and Other Backward Communities (OBCs).Claiming that terrorists in Kashmir were killing soldiers and people with impunity during the UPA rule, Shah reminded the gathering of Army's surgical strikes conducted during the Modi regime."During UPA rule often news came that terrorists attacked our forces in Kashmir, PM ordered a surgical strike to finish terrorism and (former finance minister) P Chidambaram was supporting those demanding independence from India," he said"Rahul Gandhi should make his stand clear as to whether he supports Chidambaram's demand of autonomy for Kashmir," Shah said.Chidambaram, during his visit to Rajkot in Gujarat last month, said in reply to a question that he was for greater autonomy for the restive border state of Jammu and Kashmir.Shah also targeted Congress leaders on the issue of Rohingya Muslims, saying that Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor wrote to the PM saying they should be allowed to enter India.

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