Union Home Minister Amit Shah with NDA candidate Gopal Krishna Patar alias Raja Peter during a public meeting ahead of Jharkhand Assembly elections, in Ranchi, Monday.
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Ranchi: Calling the Congress a "sinking ship", Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that it could not "save" Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the elections.
Addressing an election rally in Tamar in Ranchi district, Shah alleged the I.N.D.I.A. bloc destroyed Jharkhand, and promised that the BJP would make it the most prosperous state in the next five years if it is voted to power.
He alleged that the JMM and Congress consider tribals as a mere "vote bank" and do not respect them.
"Tribals facing extinction due to infiltrators who are vote bank of JMM-led coalition," he claimed.
Attacking the Congress, Shah said that even "four generations of Rahul Gandhi" cannot restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.
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