LUCKNOW: Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that there was a time when Uttar Pradesh was known for “producing country-made pistols (kattas)” but, after PM Narendra Modi built a defence corridor in Bundelkhand, “cannonballs are made”.
Addressing an election rally in Lalitpur, Shah said, “If Pakistan makes any mistake”, shells made in Bundelkhand will be used to “destroy” that country.
At a rally in Jhansi, in an apparent reference to Congress functionaries, he asked Bundelkhand voters to fight the “desi Angrez” just like they fought against the Mughals and the British.
In Amethi, Shah attempted to give a last-minute push to BJP‘s campaign with a roadshow. Addressing a crowd in Amethi, Shah attacked Congress for referring to Amethi and Rae Bareli as their “family seats”. “Did Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, or Priyanka turn up in Amethi or Rae-Bareli when the Covid pandemic struck,” Shah asked as people shouted “No”. Shah also asked the people to choose between Modi and Rahul. He said that after losing from Amethi, Rahul fled to Wayanad and is now back in Rae Bareli. “I have been in Rae Bareli for three days and can say with confidence that he (Rahul) is losing from there also,” he said.
In Jhansi, he told voters they have a choice to make between two categories of leaders: one, a person behind a Rs 12 lakh crore scam who was born with the proverbial silver spoon and holidays in Thailand; and two, Modi, whose tenures as CM and PM have been unblemished, and who was born in a poor house and never took a holiday.
Shah described Samajwadi Party as one that ordered firing on Ram bhakts in Ayodhya (in 1990). “Then we have Modi, who got the Ramjanmabhoomi case pursued, won it, and eventually got a temple constructed,” Shah said.
Shah reiterated that opposition parties skipped the Ram Lalla consecration ceremony for the sake of their vote banks, which includes “intruders from Bangladesh”. He said Congress’s vote-bank politics stands exposed as its politicians advocate keeping a distance from POK because “Pakistan has an atom bomb”. “We are not afraid of their vote bank. We would take back POK, which is an integral part of India,” he said.
Addressing an election rally in Lalitpur, Shah said, “If Pakistan makes any mistake”, shells made in Bundelkhand will be used to “destroy” that country.
At a rally in Jhansi, in an apparent reference to Congress functionaries, he asked Bundelkhand voters to fight the “desi Angrez” just like they fought against the Mughals and the British.
In Amethi, Shah attempted to give a last-minute push to BJP‘s campaign with a roadshow. Addressing a crowd in Amethi, Shah attacked Congress for referring to Amethi and Rae Bareli as their “family seats”. “Did Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, or Priyanka turn up in Amethi or Rae-Bareli when the Covid pandemic struck,” Shah asked as people shouted “No”. Shah also asked the people to choose between Modi and Rahul. He said that after losing from Amethi, Rahul fled to Wayanad and is now back in Rae Bareli. “I have been in Rae Bareli for three days and can say with confidence that he (Rahul) is losing from there also,” he said.
In Jhansi, he told voters they have a choice to make between two categories of leaders: one, a person behind a Rs 12 lakh crore scam who was born with the proverbial silver spoon and holidays in Thailand; and two, Modi, whose tenures as CM and PM have been unblemished, and who was born in a poor house and never took a holiday.
Shah described Samajwadi Party as one that ordered firing on Ram bhakts in Ayodhya (in 1990). “Then we have Modi, who got the Ramjanmabhoomi case pursued, won it, and eventually got a temple constructed,” Shah said.
Shah reiterated that opposition parties skipped the Ram Lalla consecration ceremony for the sake of their vote banks, which includes “intruders from Bangladesh”. He said Congress’s vote-bank politics stands exposed as its politicians advocate keeping a distance from POK because “Pakistan has an atom bomb”. “We are not afraid of their vote bank. We would take back POK, which is an integral part of India,” he said.