During the rally on May 16, Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised that the NDA’s third term would prioritise the building of the Sita Mandir at Punaura Dham. He promised strict action against those involved in cow smuggling, saying offenders would be “straightened out” by “hanging them upside down.”
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“Na gai ki taskari hone denge, na hatya (Won’t allow smuggling of cows, nor slaughter),” Amit Shah declared at rallies in Madhubani and Sitamarhi.
Amit Shah accused Congress and RJD chief Lalu Prasad of neglecting Sitamarhi’s Punaura Dham, revered as the birthplace of Sita Mata. He asserted that the BJP would construct a grand temple there. He criticised Congress and RJD for being preoccupied with protecting banned outfits like PFI, which he claimed “wanted to make Bharat an Islamic state,” rather than addressing the state’s needs and desires.
Amit Shah said the Congress and Lalu’s party were too busy protecting banned organisations like PFI to care about what the country and the state wanted. He asked the crowd at both rallies whether they wanted ‘viksit raj’ or ‘jungle raj’. Amit Shah said safeguarding the India-Nepal border would be among the NDA Government’s priorities in its third term.
He likened the current election to the battle of Mahabharata between Pandavas and Kauravas. He alleged that Congress-led UPA was guilty of corruption amounting to Rs 12 lakh crore, contrasting it with Modi’s stint. “Nobody can allege misappropriation of even 25 paise by Narendra Modi as both PM and previously CM of Gujarat, which is a combined period of 23 years.” He proceeded to question how Lalu and his family lived in “palatial bungalows”.
“Lalu is chanting ED, ED, but Rs 350 crore in cash was seized from a Congress functionary and Rs 51 crore from a TMC minister. Cash totalling Rs 31 crore was confiscated from the residence of a Jharkhand Minister. Modi Govt will work to send all the corrupt behind bars and ensure that the money is returned to the poor people of the country,” he said.
Highlighting BJP’s role in the development of Bihar in general and Mithilanchal in particular, Amit Shah said it was Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Govt that included Maithili in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution. “Modi govt introduced Maithili in UPSC exam (as an optional subject),” he said. “Kya Italy wale (alluding to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi) Maithili ka samman kar sakte hain (Can those from Italy give respect to Maithili)?” he said.
“The Congress ruled the country for 60 years but neglected the welfare of 600 million OBCs. Neither the Congress nor the RJD proposed conferring Bharat Ratna on former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur… It was done by Modi ji alone,” he remarked.
Hitting out at the I.N.D.I Alliance for not announcing its PM candidate, Amit Shah said the country needs a strong prime minister and not “one in every year”.
“They (I.N.D.I Alliance) don’t have a face for the PM’s post. The country has decided to give Modi ji a third term. But, can you tell me who will be the I.N.D.I Alliance’s PM candidate? They are not coming to power at any cost… but in case… will Mamata Banerjee become the PM or MK Stalin or Lalu Prasad? They have decided to rotate the PM’s chair among themselves if they form the Government,” he said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) belongs to India and the country will take it back “at any cost”.
