Lok Sabha Elections: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday criticised Congress Lok Sabha poll manifesto and said that it promises to retain religious personal law. He asserted that implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is the promise of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantee.
While speaking at an election rally in Madhya Pradesh, Shah lashed out at the Congress and said that for the grand old party, Muslims have the first right over the country's resources. On the contrary, the Union Minister said that for the saffron party, the poor, Dalits, Other Backward Classes and tribals have the first right.
The BJP leader was holding the election rally in support of Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is saffron party's candidate from the Guna Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh. "Read the Congress manifesto carefully. They have said that they will reintroduce personal law...They want to bring Muslim personal law. They want to bring back triple talaq...Can this country be run by Sharia (Islamic law)?" Shah asked, as quoted by news agency PTI.
Attacking Rahul Gandhi, Shah said, "Rahul baba do whatever you feel like doing for appeasement. As long as BJP is there, no personal law will be introduced. This country will be run by UCC and the Constitution. This is our Constitution's spirit. We have implemented UCC in Uttarakhand," as quoted by PTI. "It is our promise and Modiji's guarantee that UCC will be enforced in the entire country," he further stated.
The Home Minister also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped Article 370 on August 5, 2019 at once. "Rahul baba used to scare me saying rivers of blood will flow through Kashmir if Article 370 is abrogated. Rahul baba, this is not a Congress government, this is Narendra Modi's government. Leave aside blood, even a pebble could not be thrown there in the last five years," he said, as quoted by PTI.
While speaking at the rally, Shah also mentioned that PM Modi uprooted terrorism and Naxalism in the country. He further stated that the government also eliminated the Naxal menace in Madhya Pradesh. "For Congress, Muslims have the first right over the country's resources. But for BJP, the poor, Dalits, Other Backward Classes and tribals have the first right over them," he added.
In Guna Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress has pitted Yadvendra Singh Yadav against BJP candidate and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. The Guna Lok Sabha seat is set to go to polls on May 7 in the third phase of polling.