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Updated February 12th, 2019 at 17:21 IST

Brother not married, so sister has come: Amit Shah on Congress 'dynasty'

Targeting the Gandhi family, BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday claimed the prime minister's seat is reserved "by birth" in the Congress, wondering if a worker from that party could ever think of occupying the top post

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 Targeting the Gandhi family, BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday claimed the prime minister's seat is reserved "by birth" in the Congress, wondering if a worker from that party could ever think of occupying the top post.

As the "brother" (Rahul Gandhi) has not married, so now the "sister" (Priyanka Gandhi) has come (in the political arena), Shah said.

Shah claimed that in the BJP, a common booth worker like him could rise to the rank of party president and a 'chaiwala' (Modi) could became the Prime Minister.

"I was a booth worker of the BJP. I rose to be the party president. The chaiwala has become the Prime Minister of the country, rising through the ranks," Shah said, addressing party workers in Godhra.

"Can any party worker from Congress ever think of becoming the Prime Minister? In that party that seat is reserved by birth," he said.

A BJP worker need not take birth in a specific family to occupy high posts, he added.

Priyanka Gandhi was last month appointed AICC general secretary and in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, ahead of the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.

While speaking in Ahmedabad on the same day, Shah also dubbed the proposed "mahagathbandhan" of opposition parties as an alliance of state-level leaders "not standing a chance" in the coming Lok Sabha polls.

Attacking the opposition parties' bid to forge the 'grand alliance' ahead of the election to take on Modi, Shah said it will not affect BJP's poll prospects.

He sought to know from the opposition parties their prime ministerial 'face' and leader of their proposed grand alliance. Shah said a full majority government was required to enable Modi to continue serving the needy.

"The 2019 Lok Sabha election is an important step for India to become a superpower in the world. I have travelled across the country and I can see thatpeople are standing like a rock with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I have seen love for Modi in people's eyes," he said.

Shah said BJP workers ask him about the 'mahagathbandhan'. "I want to tell them that it will not have any impact," he said.

"What will happen if (former prime minister and JD-S supremo) Deve Gowda gives a speech in Gujarat or (West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee in Maharashtra or (former UP chief minister) Akhilesh Yadav in Kerala? It will not have any impact whatsoever because they are only state-level leaders," the BJP president said.

Asking party workers to reach out to people, Shah said they need not worry as the opposition parties "do not stand achance" in the coming election.

"I want people of this gathbandhan to declare their candidate for PM's post. Who is your leader? Who will run this country? We are very clear about it. Modiji will be the NDA candidate and only he will lead us," he said.

 

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Published February 12th, 2019 at 17:15 IST

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