Defeating Modi is sole agenda of anti-BJP front, says Amit Shah

Shah in Rajasthan BJP chief Amit Shah at a BJP OBC Morcha Sammelan in Pali, Rajasthan | PTI

BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said the opposition's plans to cobble together an anti-BJP front (mahagathbhandan) had the sole agenda of removing Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power.

Calling the grand anti-BJP alliance a dhakosla (deception), Shah urged the voters to understand that the parties who were a part of it were not serious about tackling issues like poverty, unemployment and corruption.

Shah said the grand alliance's ideology and objective was centred around ensuring Modi's defeat in the 2019 general elections.

"Modi, Modi, Modi. He is a phobia for them [anti-BJP alliance],” the BJP chief said in his address in poll-bound Rajasthan.

Shah highlighted that the leaders of regional parties who were part of the alliance were defeated in their respective states by the BJP, which went on to form the governments there.

The BJP chief also accused the alliance of raising a hue and cry over the issue of illegal immigrants in Assam.

In Assam, 40 lakh illegal immigrants were identified and the process to delete their names from the voters list caused heartburn to these leaders, Shah said.

Shah further called upon the youth members of the BJP to understand their responsibilities, work culture of the organisation and struggles of senior leaders.

It is the responsibility of the youth to take the party forward, he said, adding that the BJP was the largest political party in the world with 11 crore members and ruling about 70 per cent of the country.

Shah said the BJP had internal democracy and was the party of workers.

“This is the only party in the world that nominated its member, who was a tea seller, for the post of the country's prime minister and has an erstwhile booth worker as its president,” he said.

“On the contrary, one can become a Congress president by virtue of being born in a particular family,” Shah argued.

Addressing a gathering of intellectuals later, Shah said that he did not want them to vote for the BJP and instead urged them to set a narrative and create such an atmosphere that the masses vote for the party.

“Your work is to set the narrative as the public knows you, listens to you and follows you,” said Shah.