BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his party’s “dismal” track record in 55 years of its rule, even as he set a target of winning 65 seats in the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly polls.
The BJP was not answerable to the Congress president but to the people of the country, Shah said while addressing a public rally in Ambikapur in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, which goes to polls by the year-end.
The Raman Singh government would retain power in Chhattisgarh and the BJP would win 65 of the 90 seats in the state, where the saffron outfit was in power for nearly 15 years, he said.
“I was listening to the Congress president’s speech and he was seeking an account from Modi ji about the work done in last four years. I want to tell Rahul Baba that we are not answerable to him. When we will go to public for votes we will give every answer and account to the people of this country, who have chosen us,” Shah said.
Shah said during the Congress rule, cross-border firing was happening every other day, but no befitting reply was given. However, this changed after the Modi government assumed office in 2014, Shah said and referred to the September 2016 surgical strikes.
“Your family governed the country for four generations and 55 years. Why has there not been any development?” he asked, adding that Gandhi should look within before seeking an account of the developmental works from the BJP.
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