TIL Desk/National/Pratapgarh(UP)/ Union Home Minister Amit Shah has trained his guns on the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, accusing them of promoting “mafia raj” in Uttar Pradesh during their rule as he campaigned for BJP candidates in Pratapgarh.
Though he was addressing an election rally in Rampur Khas, from where veteran Congress leader Pramod Tiwari’s daughter Aradhna Mishra is seeking a third consecutive win, Shah only made a passing reference to the Congress while talking about ending Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.
The SP and the BSP were the target of his attacks, signalling the BJP is not counting the grand old party much in the ongoing high-decibel electoral battle for Uttar Pradesh, where the fifth round of voting is scheduled this Sunday.
“For 70 years, SP, BSP and Congress had been feeding Article 370 like a child in their lap which kept Kashmir divided from us. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi-ji’s government came to power and on August 5, 2019, PM Modi struck down Article 370, Shah said.
“Akhilesh Babu would say to me in Parliament that dear home minister, removal of Article 370 would lead to bloodshed. Who are you threatening Akhilesh, we are not scared of your hollow threats. No one dared to throw a stone, let alone bloodshed, Shah said.
