New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Union Home minister Amit Shah on Thursday took a swipe at the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, predicting that the BJP would remain in power for 30 years as the party existed among people and addressed their concerns.
Speaking after launching projects worth Rs 8,941 crore for cleaning the Yamuna, Shah took a dig at Gandhi's foreign trip. The Congress MP is said to be on a four-day trip to Vietnam.
"I know you can't hear me, you're sitting somewhere abroad. You don't even explain why, but that's okay, that's your personal life... But once you land in Delhi, listen to me; your turn won't come for the next thirty years," Shah said.
Gandhi's Vietnam visit comes as the Opposition INDIA Bloc and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) continue to protest against alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's alleged role in them.
Shah also hit out at the Congress and its allies for accusing the BJP of vote theft, arguing that the Opposition
parties had remained out of power in several states for decades.
"You haven't won an election in Bengal for 54 years... You haven't been elected in Arunachal Pradesh for 12 years, and in Delhi for 18 years," he pointed out.
He said that if the Congress and Gandhi wanted to win elections, they needed to go to the people, address their concerns and run schemes for their welfare in the states where the party ruled.
"Otherwise, whatever is left of you will also vanish and nobody will be able to stop it," he said, attacking Gandhi.
The Union Home minister said an altogether different political game was being played out in Delhi at present by Opposition parties, including the Congress.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.