Ahmedabad, April 28 -- In a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his allegation that the BJP wants to take back reservations to backward sections if elected for a third term, Union Home Minister said on Sunday that the former was only trying to mislead people.

Shah said had the BJP been working towards taking back reservations to backward sections, it would have done it by this time.

Speaking to ANI on Sunday, the Union Home Minister reaffirmed that as long as the BJP-led NDA was in power, there would be no rethink on reservations or quotas to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.

"Rahul Gandhi is trying to mislead people by spreading canards against us. The BJP has been at the helm of this co...