Amit Shah attacks Congress over Kharge's 'venomous snake' barb at PM

Training guns on the Congress over its President M Mallikarjun Kharges venomous snake barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the party and its leaders have lost their mindNoting that Modi is welcomed across the world with a lot of respect he said the Congress cannot instigate people with such statements because the support for the Prime Minister will increase as much as they abuse himCongress is lacking on issues in the last nine years Prime Minister Narendra Modi has increased Indias pride in the world he has worked to make India prosperous he has made Indias infrastructure strong he has made Indias borders safe Wherever Modi ji goes across the world people there welcome him with ModiModi slogans Shah saidAddressing a public meeting here in Dharwad district he said Congress President Kharge says our leader Modi whom the whole world respects and welcomes is like a venomous snakeI want to ask you can you make the Congress party which has compared Modi to a venomous snake victorious in the election The same Congress gives the slogan Modi teri kabar khudegi Sonia Gandhi says Maut Ka Saudagar Priyanka Gandhi says neechi jati ke log people of low caste and he Kharge says Vishela Samp venomous snake Congress people you have lost your mind How much ever you abuse Modi lotus will bloom Shah saidBy abusing Modi Congress cannot instigate people of Karnataka he further said adding that If you abuse Modi support for him will increaseAlso Read Ruthless approach should be taken against drug traders Amit ShahAddressing a campaign rally in poll bound Karnataka which votes on May 10 Kharge on Thursday likened Modi to a venomous snake As a row erupted he later sought to clarify that his remarks were not aimed at the Prime Minister but at the ruling BJPAmong the Prime Ministers of India Modi is the only one who was born in a poor family as a son of a tea seller Shah said After assuming the high office he is working for the betterment of crores of poor peopleCongress always speaks about Garibi Hatao getting rid of poverty but did not do anything for the poor he addedUnion Minister Pralhad Joshi state Minister Shankar Patil Munenakoppa among others were presentSpeaking about Congress leaders lodging a police complaint against him Shah said they have filed it because I said we have banned PFI Popular Front of India we have made Karnataka safe I dont fear I will say it once again that the BJP government by banning PFI has made Karnataka safeIf you Congress have any objection come and tell the people of Karnataka why PFI should continue to function The PFI killed our leader Praveen Nettaru and several of our youth and were indulging in dividing the countryfor the sake of vote bank politics Congress had carried PFI on its head but the Narendra Modi government put PFI leaders behind the bars he addedCongress leaders on Thursday complained to the police against Shah for his alleged statement that if their party won the upcoming elections then Karnataka would be iquestafflicted with riots and claimed he had said it with the clear intent of disrupting the communal harmony in the stateIn this election on one side there is Congress under Rahul Babas Rahul Gandhi leadership while on the other side there is BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi the Minister saidThis election is to decide between a double engine government under Modi which will take Karnataka forward or Congress reverse gear government which will take the state backwardHighlighting various profarmer and irrigationrelated programmes of the BJP governments in the State and at the Centre including solving the interstate water issues like Mahadayi Shah lisited out programmes such as building houses providing water connections among others aimed at supporting the poorCongress prince cannot get rid of poverty because they dont know about poverty he said in a dig at Rahul GandhiAverring that there is no place for reservation on the basis of religion in the Constitution Shah defended the Karnataka governments decision to scrap the four per cent reservation for Muslims under the Other Backward Classes OBC quota and to distribute it equally among the dominant Vokkaliga and Lingayat communitiesFor the sake of vote bank politics Congress leaders are saying that they will bring back 4 per cent Muslim reservation I want to ask Congress whose quota they will reduce for this whether Vokkaligas or Lingayats or SCSTs BJP will not allow Muslim reservation to return in Karnataka This is our promise to the people of Karnataka he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever