BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had ensured development for all without appeasement. With the shrinking of the Congress, there was a dip in communal violence across the country, he said.
Mr. Shah was addressing the inaugural session of the BJP’s minority wing national council meet. Keeping a steady attack on the Opposition Congress, Mr. Shah said, “ Jaise jaise Congress aur uske kul ke sarkarein samapt hotey gaye, waisey his desh main dange bhi samapt hotey gaye (Just as Congress-led governments went out of power across the country, communal riots too starting ebbing).”
“I want to ask those who indulge in the politics of appeasement, you ruled for decades, what did you do for minorities?BJP believes in the development of all which includes minorities,” he said. The “waqf mafia” looted Waqf Board’s land due to the protection of pseudo-secular parties, Mr. Shah said, attacking the Opposition.
He also referred to the Modi government’s push for the passage of the triple talaq Bill, which stipulates a jail term for Muslim men accused of instant divorce, and said it was meant to give justice to Muslim women.
The school dropout rate of Muslim girls had fallen to 32 per cent from 72 per cent, he said, adding that the government’s schemes to connect the poor with power and LPG connections had benefited Muslim women as well.
