Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and said he needs to study the country’s history first.
Addressing a BJP event in Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Shah said, “Rahul Gandhi has started ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, but I think that he needs to study our country’s history first.”
Gandhi flagged off ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari on Thursday. The 3,570-km foot march from Kanyakumari to Srinagar will cover 12 states and two Union territories over a period of five months (150 days).
Referring to a Parliament speech of Gandhi, Shah said the Congress leader had once said India is not a nation and is now out to “unite” the country wearing a “foreign-make” T-shirt.
“I want to remind Rahul baba and Congressmen about his speech given in Parliament. Rahul Baba had said India is not a nation at all. Rahul Baba, in which book have you read this? This is the nation for which lakhs and lakhs of people have sacrificed their lives,” Shah said.
“The one who said India is not a nation is now on a yatra to unite India wearing foreign T-shirt,” he said, referring to the Congress leader’s Burberry T-shirt reportedly costing over Rs 41,000.
Shah reached Jodhpur, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s home turf, earlier today where he was welcomed by BJP leaders, including state BJP unit president Satish Poonia, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria and Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore.
Stepping his attack at the ruling Congress government in the state, Shah said the party cannot work for development.
Shah also slammed the state government over the alleged murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal by Muslim extremists and the Karauli violence and alleged the Congress can only practice politics of vote bank and appeasement.
“Congress government cannot build roads, cannot provide electricity, cannot provide employment. It can only work for appeasement and vote bank politics,” he said.
Shah said that the Congress will be left with nothing after the BJP forms government in Rajasthan and Chhatttisgarh, the only two states where the grand old party is in power on its own.
