“By his khoon ki dalali comment, Rahul has insulted the Army, the martyrs and 125 crore Indians,” Shah said.
The BJP will “certainly go to the people” on the issue of surgical strikes in PoK, BJP president Amit Shah said today lashing out at Rahul Gandhi over his “dalali” barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yesterday, wrapping up his UP kisan yatra in the capital, Gandhi had accused Modi of “hiding behind the blood” of soldiers and added: “Unki aap dalali kar rahe ho.” (You are cashing in on their sacrifice). This morning, Gandhi tweeted: “I fully support the surgical strikes and I have said so unequivocally…but I will not support using the Indian Army in political posters and propaganda all across the country.”
Dalali is what Congress did from Bofors to Embraer, from 2G to coal. Dalali involves some goods, what does he think this is about? Can one put a price to the blood of jawans?
The morale of the very Army that risked their lives to destroy terror camps has been broken by him. I do not know what he was trying to achieve but the government, BJP and the people are standing firmly behind the Indian Army,” Shah said accusing both Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of politicising the Army.
“The question is why you (Congress) are not happy, enthusiastic and proud of this,” Shah said. “It shows there is some fundamental flaw in you…Instead of joining people in their happiness, the Congress party is with Pakistan in its despair.”
The BJP will “certainly go to the people” on the issue of surgical strikes, Shah said in reply to a question whether the strikes would feature in the BJP campaign in next year’s Assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
“Zaroor jayenge,” he said. “I said at the very beginning that if some tehsil president had put up some posters (a reference to posters celebrating the strikes) that should not be taken into account. But we will go to the public because Army morale needs to be boosted and this achievement of the Army needs to be lauded. It was the achievement of the Army and the political will of Narendra Modi. Government was careful from the first day not to politicise…that is why the briefing was done by the DGMO and not by a political functionary,” Shah said.
Rahul Gandhi’s clarification in the morning did not cut much ice, Shah said claiming that BJP had kept all its poll promises — from securing the country’s borders and not “allowing anybody to get away with beheading our jawans” to one rank, one pension.
Suggesting that those casting doubts on the authenticity of the strikes are “anti-India” leaders, Shah said, “The whole country, BJP and its government are standing firmly behind the Army. We do not trust the anti-India rhetoric of leaders, we trust the bullets of our Army men.”
Gandhi, he said, should concentrate on “potato factory”, a swipe at this comments to farmers that they want “potato factories.” Shah also appeared to dismiss demands for releasing video evidence, saying “who is seeking them”.
Shah brushed aside Pakistan’s denial. Then what was the special Pak Parliament session all about, he asked, and why is the Pak Prime Minister “who comes to Islamabad only 3-4 times a month camping in Islamabad.”
As for Kejriwal’s remarks that India should counter Pak’s denial propaganda, he said that there is no doubt who is benefiting from his comments because “Pakistanis are making him trend on twitter.” The reference was to the hashtag “PakStandsWithKejriwal” that began trending on Thursday.
Shah said Congress and Rahul Gandhi dislike Modi and recalled expressions like “maut ke saudagar,” (merchant of death) and “zeher ki kheti” (sowing poison) used by his mother and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi against Modi. The BJP won a two-thirds majority in Gujarat after “maut ke saudagar” and a majority after “zeher ki kheti” comments, Shah said, wondering how the latest statement will play out.
He lauded the media for what he called its support of the government on its stand on Pakistan.
“Investigative journalists have dug out the truth from across the border,” he said. On October 4, The Indian Express had reported eyewitness accounts of the surgical strikes from across the border.
The BJP will “certainly go to the people” on the issue of surgical strikes in PoK, BJP president Amit Shah said today lashing out at Rahul Gandhi over his “dalali” barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yesterday, wrapping up his UP kisan yatra in the capital, Gandhi had accused Modi of “hiding behind the blood” of soldiers and added: “Unki aap dalali kar rahe ho.” (You are cashing in on their sacrifice). This morning, Gandhi tweeted: “I fully support the surgical strikes and I have said so unequivocally…but I will not support using the Indian Army in political posters and propaganda all across the country.”
“By his khoon ki dalali comment, Rahul has insulted the Army, the martyrs and 125 crore Indians,” Shah said.
Dalali is what Congress did from Bofors to Embraer, from 2G to coal. Dalali involves some goods, what does he think this is about? Can one put a price to the blood of jawans?
The morale of the very Army that risked their lives to destroy terror camps has been broken by him. I do not know what he was trying to achieve but the government, BJP and the people are standing firmly behind the Indian Army,” Shah said accusing both Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of politicising the Army.
“The question is why you (Congress) are not happy, enthusiastic and proud of this,” Shah said. “It shows there is some fundamental flaw in you…Instead of joining people in their happiness, the Congress party is with Pakistan in its despair.”
The BJP will “certainly go to the people” on the issue of surgical strikes, Shah said in reply to a question whether the strikes would feature in the BJP campaign in next year’s Assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
“Zaroor jayenge,” he said. “I said at the very beginning that if some tehsil president had put up some posters (a reference to posters celebrating the strikes) that should not be taken into account. But we will go to the public because Army morale needs to be boosted and this achievement of the Army needs to be lauded. It was the achievement of the Army and the political will of Narendra Modi. Government was careful from the first day not to politicise…that is why the briefing was done by the DGMO and not by a political functionary,” Shah said.
Rahul Gandhi’s clarification in the morning did not cut much ice, Shah said claiming that BJP had kept all its poll promises — from securing the country’s borders and not “allowing anybody to get away with beheading our jawans” to one rank, one pension.
Suggesting that those casting doubts on the authenticity of the strikes are “anti-India” leaders, Shah said, “The whole country, BJP and its government are standing firmly behind the Army. We do not trust the anti-India rhetoric of leaders, we trust the bullets of our Army men.”
Gandhi, he said, should concentrate on “potato factory”, a swipe at this comments to farmers that they want “potato factories.” Shah also appeared to dismiss demands for releasing video evidence, saying “who is seeking them”.
Shah brushed aside Pakistan’s denial. Then what was the special Pak Parliament session all about, he asked, and why is the Pak Prime Minister “who comes to Islamabad only 3-4 times a month camping in Islamabad.”
As for Kejriwal’s remarks that India should counter Pak’s denial propaganda, he said that there is no doubt who is benefiting from his comments because “Pakistanis are making him trend on twitter.” The reference was to the hashtag “PakStandsWithKejriwal” that began trending on Thursday.
Shah said Congress and Rahul Gandhi dislike Modi and recalled expressions like “maut ke saudagar,” (merchant of death) and “zeher ki kheti” (sowing poison) used by his mother and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi against Modi. The BJP won a two-thirds majority in Gujarat after “maut ke saudagar” and a majority after “zeher ki kheti” comments, Shah said, wondering how the latest statement will play out.
He lauded the media for what he called its support of the government on its stand on Pakistan.
“Investigative journalists have dug out the truth from across the border,” he said. On October 4, The Indian Express had reported eyewitness accounts of the surgical strikes from across the border.
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