Rae Bareli: BJP president Amit Shah attacked former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, saying that despite being represented by her and other members of Gandhi family, Rae Bareli has not witnessed development since Independence.
Addressing a rally, he said the BJP would rid Rae Bareli of “parivarvad” and take it on the path of development.
“Rae Bareli has seen ‘parivarvad’ (dynastic politics) ever since Independence till this day and no development. I have come here to make it clear that the BJP will free Rae Bareli of ‘parivarvad’ and will start the campaign from today itself for taking it on the path of ‘vikasvad’ (development),” he said.
“The Congress and its top leadership have ruled in Uttar Pradesh and Rae Bareli for years but the ‘bhumi pujan’ (ground breaking ceremony) of community health centre and primary health centre was carried out only lately and the Yogi Adityanath-led state government has done a lot for the constituency…now with some Congress leaders here joining the BJP, it is our responsibility to develop it by leaps and bounds,” he said.
“We will develop it as an ideal constituency and a model district,” he said, virtually blowing the BJP’s election bugle with the Lok Sabha polls barely some months away.
He said before the Yogi Adityanath government came to power, Uttar Pradesh was known for ‘goonda raj’ and law and order problem. But “Yogi government has established rule of law,” he said.
Regarding acquittal of Swami Aseemanand in the Mecca mosque blast case , he said it was the Congress’ attempt to “defame” Hindus in terror cases.
Exuding confidence that the BJP will win the Karnataka assembly election, he said, “the BJP will have its 16th state government in the country after May 15.”
