File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (Image: AP)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Congress has adopted a “negative attitude” and criticized it for playing “politics” by boycotting the inauguration of the new Parliament building on May 28.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the BJP will win more than 300 seats in the upcoming general elections and Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister for the third time in a row. Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, he said the grand old party would also struggle to retain its current number of seats in the Lok Sabha.
Addressing a public meeting to mark the distribution of 44,703 appointment letters to successful candidates for Assam government jobs, the senior BJP leader said the Congress has adopted a “negative attitude” and is playing the political game by boycotting the scheduled inauguration of new Criticized it for being involved. Parliament building.
“Narendra Modi will again become PM next year with more than 300 seats. The Congress has lost the status of an opposition party and will not be able to get even the number of seats it currently has in the Lok Sabha.”
He said, ‘The attitude of the Congress is negative. The PM will inaugurate the new Parliament building on May 28, but the Congress is playing politics by boycotting it, on the pretext that the President should inaugurate it.
The statement comes after the opposition strongly objected to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to inaugurate the building, alleging that it undermines the respected constitutional role of the President of India, which they consider an act of disrespect. .
The case has developed into a significant political controversy, fueling tensions between the ruling and opposition parties.
The inauguration event has been boycotted by 21 opposition parties who have said they find no value in a new building when “the soul of democracy has been sucked out”. Meanwhile, 25 parties – 18 NDA constituents and seven non-NDA parties – will be present. Sunday’s program.
Shah defended the government’s decision regarding the opening ceremony of Parliament by the Prime Minister and argued that similar instances have happened in states ruled by the Congress party and the opposition. He pointed out that in those cases, the foundation stones for the new assembly buildings were laid by the respective chief ministers and prominent Congress leaders including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, instead of the governors.
“The Congress does not allow the PM to speak inside Parliament. The people of India have given Modi the mandate to speak. Not respecting the PM is like disrespecting the mandate.
Additionally, Shah said that the BJP had committed to offer one lakh government jobs in Assam ahead of the 2021 assembly elections. He said that within a period of two and a half years, 86,000 jobs have already been provided, and the remaining jobs will be given within the next six months.
(With inputs from PTI)