Maharashtra Meeting Polls: Stepping up his ballot campaigning within the run-up to the Maharashtra Meeting elections, Union Residence Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday emphatically mentioned that Article 370 is not going to be restored even when Congress stalwart and late PM Indira Gandhi comes down from heaven. Earlier than being scrapped by the Central authorities in 2019, Article 370 granted particular standing to Jammu and Kashmir.
The previous BJP chief and saffron get together’s star campaigner sought to nook the Congress over Muslim reservation and accused the primary opposition get together of intentionally stalling development of a Ram temple at Ayodhya for years. In a bid to spice up the ballot marketing campaign for the Mahayuti entrance in Maharashtra, Shah addressed three rallies in a day the place he lashed out on the grand outdated get together and its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally Shiv Sena (UBT).
Whereas addressing a rally at Dhule in North Maharashtra, the senior BJP chief mentioned that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi ought to keep in mind that even when his “fourth era have been to come back,” Muslims received’t get reservations meant for Dalits, tribals, and different backward castes.
“A number of days in the past, Ulemas (Muslim students) met the president of the Congress get together and mentioned Muslims ought to be given reservations (in jobs and training). If reservations need to be given to Muslims, then reservations for SCs, STs, and OBCs must be lower. Rahul Baba, not solely you however even when your 4 generations have been to come back, they can not lower the quota meant for SCs/STs/OBCs and provides it to Muslims,” Shah insisted.
The Union minister additionally made it clear that Article 370 received’t be restored underneath any circumstances. “Even when Indira Gandhi have been to return from heaven, Article 370 received’t be restored,” Shah mentioned throughout the rally. The elections for the 288-member Maharashtra meeting might be held on November 20, and votes might be counted on November 23.
(With PTI Inputs)
