Union Home Minister Amit Shah blasted the Congress on Friday for “raising question marks” about Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and insisted that India owned each sq. inch of the area and that no pressure may take it.
“Mani Shankar Aiyar is telling us to respect Pakistan as it possesses an atomic bomb. Few days ago, INDIA alliance leader Farooq Abdullah said do not talk about PoK as Pakistan has an atomic bomb. I want to tell the Congress and INDIA alliance that PoK belongs to India and no force can snatch it,” Shah stated at an election rally in Jharkhand’s Khunti.
He stated, “I do not know what has happened to the Congress. A resolution was passed unanimously in Parliament that PoK is part of India. You (Congress) are now putting a question mark on PoK by talking about the atom bomb. BJP’s stand is clear that every inch of PoK belongs to India and it will remain with India.”
He claimed that though the Congress upheld Article 370 for seventy years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made certain it was repealed. Shah urged individuals to assist the BJP, claiming that the JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand was rife with corruption.
“JMM-led alliance indulged in Rs 300-crore land scam, Rs 1,000-crore mining scam, Rs 1,000-crore MNREGA scam, Rs 40-crore liquor scam. We will not allow the JMM-led alliance to digest poor people’s money,” he stated.
He stated that the cash that was “being looted by Rahul Baba’s party” belonged to the individuals of Jharkhand and could be returned to the plenty, referring to the restoration of roughly Rs 350 crore from the premises related to a Jharkhand-based Rajya Sabha MP and Rs 35 crore from the home help of an official linked to Jharkhand-based Congress Minister Alamgir.Â
He accused the JMM and Congress of doing “vote-bank politics”. “Congress created obstacles in building Ram Mandir in Ayodhya for 70 years whereas PM Modi constructed the temple in five years…Rahul Baba did not come to Ram Mandir consecration as he was afraid of his ‘vote bank’,” he stated.
“I want to ask Rahul Gandhi why the Congress failed to appoint any tribal President during its rule”, he stated whereas taking a jibe on the grand outdated occasion and INDIA alliance. Shah stated below the Congress regime, Maoists exercised rights on “jal, jungle and jameen (water, forest and land) in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. “After you made Modi Prime Minister, he worn out the Maoist menace and ushered in improvement,” he stated.
The Home Minister stated the credit score of releasing Jharkhand and Budha Pahad from the clutches of Maoists goes to BJP and PM Modi. He stated it’s the BJP regime that ensured respect and dignity for tribals and the Prime Minister has already introduced to have fun the one hundred and twenty fifth beginning anniversary of tribal icon Birsa Munda as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh’ in 2025.
Birsa Munda waged a battle towards the British and its impact reverberated throughout India, however the Congress and JMM governments didn’t give tribals their due, he stated.
“Now, the tribal population faces the biggest threat from infiltrators who are building homes in tribal villages and marrying local girls. If anyone can stop them, it is only the BJP,” he stated. “Under Prime Minister Modi, the tribal welfare budget was enhanced to Rs 1,33,000 crore from Rs 29,000 crore in the previous Congress regime,” he stated and added that 40,000 lecturers shall be appointed for Eklavya Model faculties throughout the nation. A complete of 1 lakh youngsters are enrolled in 740 such faculties,” he stated.
The Home Minister emphasised that Rs 88,000 crore below DMFT (District Mineral Foundation Trust) was being spent throughout the nation for improvement of tribal areas.
The Modi authorities is constructing 10 tribal museums in varied elements of the nation at a value of Rs 200 crore, he stated.
Shah urged individuals to vote for BJP candidate and Union Minister Arjun Munda. The minister is contesting towards Congress’s Kalicharan Munda whom he had defeated by a slender margin of 1,445 votes within the 2019 elections. Khunti will go to polls on May 13 alongwith Lohardaga, Sinbhum and Palmu seats.
