Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, taking a jibe at his “foreign visits” and saying that Congress “won’t get a chance to return to power for the next 30 years”.
Addressing a gathering, he said: “The country has realised Rahul ji that you and your associates want to protect the votes of the illegal infiltrators under the garb of ‘vote chori’ allegations.”
Since you won the election, the ECI was good. You won in Telangana, so the ECI and voter list were good. You won in Himachal Pradesh, so the ECI and voter list were good there, too. In Tamil Nadu, the people you supported won, so the ECI and voter list were good.
They tell the public, ‘Look, this is vote theft; otherwise, how would Amit Shah know? I do not have to travel abroad every six months; I remain among the people of this country. Given the kind of negative politics you are pursuing, your government will never be formed. “You (Congress-led alliance) took the oath. If they rule against you, they are not acceptable. These double standards will not work, Rahul ji. The public has understood you. You cannot gather party cadres from neighbouring states, stage protests in Delhi, and reject the people’s mandate. People of this country are watching you and know what you are doing.”
Referring to Rahul Gandhi previously questioning HM Shah’s confidence in the BJP’s victory in polls, he said: “When I say that the BJP will remain in power for the next 30 years… Remember my words for the next 30 years.
Addressing a gathering, he said: “The country has realised Rahul ji that you and your associates want to protect the votes of the illegal infiltrators under the garb of ‘vote chori’ allegations. Reiterating his previous remark, HM Shah told the Congress party that even before the BJP-led NDA came to power at the Centre, the grand old party was already out of power in many states. Taking a dig at the LoP’s purported foreign visit, the Home Minister said, “Amit Shah was born here, lives here, and will die here. But wherever you lose, the ECI is not acceptable,” HM Shah said. Adding to the criticism, he said, “If courts deliver verdicts in your favour, they are good.
