Aizawl: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party over dynasty politics and said, “What is exactly the son of Amit Shah doing?”
Addressing a Press conference, on being asked a question about the BJP targeting Congress on dynasty politics, Rahul alleged that many of their (BJP) children are dynasties.
“What is exactly the son of Amit Shah doing? What does Rajnath Singh’s son do? Last I heard, Amit Shah’s son is running Indian cricket. Please be objective. Look at the BJP, many of their children, like Anurag Thakur, are dynasties,” Rahul Gandhi said.
The senior Congress leader also alleged that the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) and Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) “are the instruments for the RSS and BJP to enter” the north-eastern state.
“Both the parties, ZPM and MNF, are instruments for BJP and RSS to enter Mizoram. Congress party can never be an instrument to enter the state, because we are ideologically completely against BJP,” he said.
“We’re going to win in Mizoram, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. There’s huge support for our government’s work in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. I see a huge upsurge against BJP across the states,” he said.
Earlier, after taking part in a Padyatra from Chanmari (Aizawl) to Raj Bhawan, Rahul Gandhi said, “The Bharat Jodo Yatra celebrated the idea of India, where the diverse languages, religions, cultures and traditions of our country are respected and protected. The BJP destroyed that idea in Manipur. We will not allow them and MNF to do the same in Mizoram.”
After the arrival of Rahul Gandhi in Mizoram, the Congress party released a list of 39 candidates for the upcoming Mizoram Assembly elections on November 7. The counting of votes in all five states will take place on December 3.
In the 2018 elections, the Mizo National Front had bagged 26 seats with a vote share of 37.8%, while Congress secured (5) and BJP (1).