KATIHAR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the Congress-led opposition of being soft on terrorism and indifferent towards the upliftment of deprived castes and alleged that his return to power would lead to "riots, atrocities and poverty". Can.

Addressing an election rally in Bihar's Katihar Lok Sabha constituency, the former BJP president also credited his party for giving the country the "first OBC Prime Minister" Narendra Modi, who has "eliminated" dynastic politics.

"Modi wiped out Naxalism and curbed terrorism. When Congress was in power, terrorists used to attack at will and no one could muster the courage to retaliate. On the contrary, soon after the attacks in Uri and Pulwama Surgical strikes and Balakot air strikes were carried out.Hamara Shah said, the security personnel crossed the border into Pakistan and the terrorists were killed in their own hideouts.

He also criticized Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for objecting to raising the issue of abrogation of Article 370 in election rallies outside Jammu and Kashmir and said, "This is a matter concerning the entire country."

"The people of Rajasthan and Bihar have shed their blood fighting the insurgents there. Now Kashmir is fully integrated with the rest of the country," he said.

In his speech that lasted barely 15 minutes, Shah, who spoke in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JDU president, also discussed in detail the alleged anti-OBC stance of the Congress, which is trying to reach out to them.With the promise of a caste census for backward classes, it also forged an alliance with parties like the RJD that have their roots in the Mandal movement.

The BJP leader alleged, "Congress slept on the Kaka Kalelkar Commission report and when the Mandal Commission recommendations were implemented, it opposed it for years." He said that it was under Modi that the OB Commission was given constitutional status. I went.

The Home Minister said, "Not only is Modi the first OBC PM, but he also heads a cabinet in which 35 per cent of the ministers come from backward classes. All this has been made possible by the BJP.“Vote for JDU MP Dulal Chandra Goswami and help the Prime Minister get his third consecutive term.

Shah said, "If you go with RJD and Congress, you will have to face riots, atrocities, poverty and food shortage. If you vote for NDA, you will continue to get the benefits of double engine government."

Shah said that Nitish Kumar provided electricity to remote villages of Bihar.

"But the Indian alliance wants to take the state back to the lantern era," the BJP leader said, referring to the RJD election symbol.

He also accused the RJD of bringing "jungle raj" to the state while it was in power and accused its supremo Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Yadav of "sitting in the lap of the Congress".The Home Minister also presented several figures to highlight the progress made by the country under the Modi government.

"In the last 10 years, on an average one university has been established every week, two new colleges have been established every day and 55 patents have been registered every day. In addition, on an average Rs 1 lakh Mudra loans have been given to the poor." Every day entrepreneurs,” Shah claimed.

He said, “Modi's rule has brought development in the entire country including Bihar.The central outlay for Bihar during the 10 years of the previous Congress government was Rs 2.80 lakh crore. Under Modi, it increased to Rs 9.23 lakh crore."