‘Congress only does aarti of Gandhi family’: Amit Shah’s poll pitch in Karnataka’s Kundgol

Amit Shah targeted the Congress and JD(S) and accused them of dynasty politics and corruption.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah took part at a road show in Karnataka’s Kundgol (Photo from @AmitShah on Twitter)

By India Today Web Desk: Union Home Minister Amit Shah took part in a road show in poll-bound Karnataka on Sunday and accused the opposition Congress and JD(S) of dynasty politics and corruption. Urging voters to elect the BJP in the upcoming Assembly election, he said, “Congress only does aarti of the Gandhi family, and in JD(S), grandfather, son, grandson, their wives, grandson’s son, everyone wants to contest the polls.”

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He said youngsters have a place only in the BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He added that the BJP government has taken the country to heights at the global level.

Shah listed Modi government’s achievements and said it has worked to secure the country from terrorists. He also mentioned the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir and the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. He sought support from the people so the BJP can form a government with a full majority and “defeat the parivarwadis (dynasts) and the corrupt”.

The road show was held as part of Karnataka BJP’s ‘Vijaya Sankalp Abhiyan’, in the run-up to the Assembly polls in the state which is likely to be held by May.

A large number of party supporters and workers gathered in Kundgol as Shah greeted them from a specially decorated open vehicle. He was accompanied by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa, party’s General secretary in-charge Arun Singh, state President Nalin Kumar Kateel and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar.

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