Shimla, Oct 31: BJP chief Amit Shah today lashed out at the Congress alleging the party had “sullied” the image of ‘Devbhumi’ Himachal by turning it into a state where mafia thrived.
Addressing rallies in the poll-bound hill state, Shah latched on to former Union Home minister P Chidambaram’s comments regarding more autonomy for Kashmir and demanded that Rahul Gandhi make his stance clear on the issue. He accused the Congress of speaking the language used in Pakistan.
“Himachal has become a land of the mafia with forest mafia, mining mafia, drug mafia, transfer mafia, liquor mafia and land mafia flourishing in the state,” he alleged while addressing rallies at Banikhet in Dalhousie and Chwalra in Jwali.
Targeting Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Shah alleged that there was not even a single member in the Congress leader’s family who was not facing corruption charges.
The BJP has already announced starting a Gudiya help line for reporting all cases of crime and would take prompt action on all complaints to establish the rule of law and instilling a feeling of safety and security among the people, Shah said.
This “stigma”, he said can be removed only if the BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is voted to power in the state. Modi’s resolve was to provide a clean and responsive government in Himachal and rid the people of the mafia, Shah said.
The BJP chief expressed confidence that his party would win even more seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and would also record a fourth successive victory in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls.
He alleged that scams to the tune of Rs 12 lakh crore had surfaced during Manmohan Singh’s rule and land, sky, sea or space, nothing was spared.
Shah asked senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and others, including Rahul Gandhi, to clear their stand on the issues related to autonomy for Kashmir.
Speaking about Himachal, he announced that internet connectivity would be expanded in the state and an IT-software hub would be set up creating ample job opportunities for the youth after the BJP was voted to power.
Shah said the Centre had sanctioned Rs 2500 crore for 70 national highways, but the Himachal government could not even prepare the detailed project reports (DPRs).
Shah said that 106 schemes started by Modi government had been implemented in Himachal Pradesh.
