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Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (PTI file photo)
In an interview with News18, Amit Shah also countered Congress leader P Chidambaram who has promised the repeal of CAA if the party comes to power.
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah has said that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi spoke about wealth re-distribution to win the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Wayanad seat and expressed confidence that the NDA will cross 400 seats on June 4.
In an interview with News18 during his roadshow in Bengaluru South on Tuesday, Shah also countered Congress leader P Chidambaram who has promised the repeal of the Citizenship Amendment Act if the party comes to power. Shah told News18 that neither will the Congress come to power nor will they be able to take the CAA back. Shah also slammed the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka over the murder of a girl, Neha Hiremath, in a college in the state. Shah raised questions over the law and order situation in Karnataka and said that the BJP was right in raising the issue.
Shah’s comments linking the wealth re-distribution promise of Rahul Gandhi to the latter’s election from Wayanad is bound to further escalate the controversy as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been attacking the Congress over the issue over the past three days.
Here are edited excerpts from Amit Shah’s interview:
Q. The Congress says what they said about wealth re-distribution (in their manifesto) is not what the BJP says in its narrative. It is incorrect.
Amit Shah: The Congress, for many years, has been doing appeasement to try and win elections. They have been speaking about wealth distribution. To win Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi had clearly made this statement. Now that the (Wayanad) election is coming to an end, they are again saying this.
Q. In the Neha Hiremath murder case, the Congress says the BJP is making it an election issue?
Amit Shah: Did that murder take place or not? Whose government is it here (in Karnataka)? Should they give us an answer or not? It is our job as opposition to question. It is a law and order issue.
Q. P Chidambaram has said when they come to power they will take back CAA.
Amit Shah: There is no question of doing that. Neither will they (Congress) come to power nor will they be able to take it back. The Congress wants to snatch people’s rights and we will not let that happen.
Q. How will the NDA cross 400 seats. The voter turnout in the first phase was low.
Amit Shah: People used to ask me how will you cross 300? We did it. After the counting day, you will see we will cross 400 seats.
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