New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah urged people to re-elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024 for the betterment of all sections of society during a public meeting held on Friday.
Speaking at the Kaushambi Mahotsav, Shah criticized opposition parties for disrupting parliamentary proceedings over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha, which was based on legislation introduced by the previous Congress-led UPA government.
The Kaushambi Mahotsav, which Shah inaugurated, is a cultural festival that showcases the traditions and customs of the region. The event was attended by a large number of people, including local leaders and BJP supporters.
“The country will not forgive opposition parties for disrupting Parliament proceedings over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification… Democracy is not in danger, it is casteism and dynastic politics (‘parivarwad’) which are in danger,” Shah said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, and state BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhry also attended the event.
In a big blow to the Congress, its leader Rahul Gandhi was on March 24 disqualified from Lok Sabha, nearly 24 hours after a Surat court convicted him in a defamation case, an action the opposition party slammed as BJP’s “vindictive politics” and vowed to fight legally and politically.
The court in Surat sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail in a defamation case, filed on a complaint by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi for his remark, “How come to all thieves have Modi as the common surname?” The disqualification will bar 52-year-old Gandhi, a four-time MP, from contesting polls for eight years unless a higher court stays his conviction and sentence.
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