Amit Shah mocks ‘failed’ attempts to launch Rahul; says Uddhav’s Hindutva compromised
The Hindu
Amit Shah criticizes Rahul Gandhi and Uddhav Thackeray in campaign speech, questions their leadership and alliances.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah lambasted Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and his ally in the INDIA bloc Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in a campaign speech on Monday.
He said Mr. Gandhi could never have launched India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 given that his party had failed to launch him as party leader despite several attempts.
Addressing rallies in Dhule and Palghar (Scheduled Tribe reserved) Lok Sabha constituencies, he claimed that no less than 20 futile attempts were made by the Congress to “launch and re-launch” Mr. Gandhi as party leader.
“How could he [Mr. Gandhi] have launched Chandrayaan? Could he or a Congress government ever deal effectively with Pakistan? Are they capable of ending Naxalism or terrorism? Can they put India on the path to prosperity?” Mr. Shah said.
He was campaigning for the BJP’s (Mahayuti) candidates, Dr. Subhash Bhamre, who is seeking a third straight term from the Dhule Lok Sabha seat, and Hemant Savara — son of the late BJP leader Vishnu Savara, who is being fielded from Palghar.
Both seats go to the polls in the fifth and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra on May 20.
Mr. Shah once again questioned the conviction behind Uddhav Thackeray’s ‘Hindutva’. He said it had been compromised the moment he allied with the Congress and Sharad Pawar’s NCP.
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