Pune: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday made fierce attacks on Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi from Pune, Maharashtra. While addressing after the foundation stone laying program of National Heavy Engineering Cooperative in Pune, Amit Shah had alleged that Rahul Gandhi is working to tarnish the image of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the international stage. Amit Shah had said in clear words that one does not get power by defaming the country at the international level and if the same attitude of Congress continues then the party will have to wait for the next 30 years to come to power.
Retorting to the statement given by Rahul Gandhi in the 'India Summit' organized by the Congress government of Telangana in Hyderabad, Amit Shah had said that Congress has named the program after the country, but there talks have been held against the country's democratic institutions and development story. It is noteworthy that, a day earlier in Hyderabad, Rahul Gandhi had expressed confidence that the opposition will remove Prime Minister Modi from power and there is an atmosphere of fear in the ruling party. Responding to this, Shah had asked, can any political party justify the defamation of its own country and the Prime Minister on a foreign platform?
Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi's foreign tours, the Union Home Minister had advised that, if he really wanted to return to power, he should stop his foreign tours and go to the villages of India and understand the problems of the people. He had further said that the people of the country want Rahul Gandhi to work at the grassroots level, but in a few days he will again go on a foreign tour, and thus his ambition of gaining power will never be fulfilled.
In his address, Amit Shah had also compared the working of the previous UPA government and the current NDA government. He had claimed that during the 10-year rule of the Congress-led UPA government, scams worth Rs 12 lakh crore had taken place, due to which the people had removed them from power. On the contrary, the record of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the last 12 years has been completely corruption-free and many historic works have been done, from reaching the South Pole of the Moon to doubling the number of airports, developing the startup ecosystem and implementing a new education policy.
In the end, Amit Shah warned Congress workers and leaders that victory or defeat in elections depends on the performance of the party leaders. If Congress does not give up its negative politics and anti-national statements, then it will not come to power for the next three decades. He had also appealed to the voters of Maharashtra and the country to give appropriate answers to these issues at the time of elections.