It’s ‘vote jihad’ vs vote for growth: Union minister Amit Shah in Telangana

HYDERABAD: Union home minister Amit Shah asked people on Thursday to vote for Narendra Modi and make BJP cross 400 Lok Sabha seats, describing the as a battle between what he called “vote jihad versus vote for development” as well as “Rahul Gandhi vs PM Narendra Modi”.
Addressing an election rally in Bhongir, Telangana, he said, “This election is a war between family-only development and country’s development.This battle is between Rahul’s Chinese guarantee and Modi’s Bharatiya guarantee.”
He expressed confidence that BJP had crossed 200 seats by the third phase of voting and asked Telangana voters to give at least 10 seats to his party so that it could cross 400. “In the 2019 elections, the people of Telangana blessed us with four seats. But I want to tell (Telangana CM) Revanth Reddy that this time around we are going to win more than 10 seats. This double-digit score is going to make Modi-ji cross the 400 mark,” Shah said.
Shah alleged that Congress, BRS and AIMIM want to run Telangana based on Sharia and the Quran. Referring to the three parties as a “triangle of appeasement”, Shah alleged: “Congress and BRS cannot stop AIMIM. These parties don’t let the Ram Navami procession take place and they also oppose CAA. These leaders don’t even allow the celebration of Hyderabad Liberation Day (Sept 17).”
He added that if BJP gets more than 10 seats in Telangana, it would end reservation for Muslims in the state and share the benefits among SCs, STs and OBCs.
Alleging that Congress is using lies to fight the election, he said, “They are saying that if Modi comes, he will remove reservation. He was in power with a full majority for the previous two terms and did not remove reservation.”
“However, in Telangana, the Congress govt granted 4% reservation to Muslims by plundering SC, ST, and OBC quotas,” Shah claimed. TOI had reported earlier that the 4% reservation in the two Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is over and above the reservation for the other castes and is included in Backward Classes (E) category.
“Rahul baba’s guarantee will not survive even until sunset. Congress does not keep commitments. PM Modi ensured that the Ram mandir was built within five years, whereas Congress delayed this issue for 70 years. By ending terrorism and Naxalism in the country, Modi ensured the safety of the country,” Shah said.
He said Rahul did not meet the promise of giving Rs 5,000 guarantee-free loans to students, scooters to college girls, and opening one international school in every tehsil. He alleged that Congress wanted to revive triple talaq if they returned to office.