Amit Shah hits out at SP, BSP

Lucknow/Chandauli: Looking to woo Dalit voters, BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday dared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to make public his party’s stand on the amended OBC Bill before it is taken up for passage in the Rajya Sabha.

“This will make it clear whether the Congress is really for the welfare of the backward communities,” he said.

Speaking at a separate function in Varanasi, Mr Shah once again questioned the silence of Mr Gandhi on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) aimed at identifying illegal migrants.

The NRC was initiated by the UPA under the Manmohan Singh government to fulfil the commitment made in the Assam Accord of 1985. However, the manner in which this exercise has been undertaken by the BJP governments at the Centre and in Assam, under a Supreme Court direction, has been criticised by the Congress.

The BJP president also hit out at Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party for their silence on the NRC issue.

“I would like to ask the SP, the BSP and the Congress whether they want the infiltrators to stay in the country or they should be driven out.  The answer is that not even a single infiltrator should be allowed to stay in India,” he said.

Shah said that no matter how hard these parties try, they would not be able to defeat the Modi government in the 2019 elections.