Even if Indira Gandhi returns from heaven, Article 370 won’t: Shah

Parbhani/Jalgaon: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will not be restored even if the late PM Indira Gandhi comes down from heaven.

Shah who has stepped up campaigning for the Mahayuti front, of which the BJP is a member, addressed three rallies in a day. At Dhule in north Maharashtra, Shah said Rahul Gandhi should remember that even if his “fourth generation were to come”, Muslims won’t get reservations meant for Dalits, tribals and other backward castes.

“A few days ago, Ulemas (Muslim scholars) met the president of Congress and said Muslims should be given reservation (in jobs and education). If reservation has to be given to Muslims, then reservation for SCs/STs/OBCs will have to be cut. Rahul Baba, not only you but even if your four generations are to come, they cannot cut the quota meant for SCs/STs/OBCs and give it to Muslims,” Shah said.

The Union minister made it clear that Article 370, scrapped in 2019 by the BJP-led central government, won’t be restored under any circumstances. “Even if Indira Gandhi were to return from heaven, Article 370 won’t be restored,” the BJP stalwart told the gathering.

Describing the opposition MVA grouping as an “Aurangzeb fan club”, Shah said the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance abides by the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Veer Savarkar.

At another election meeting in Jalgaon, the former BJP president said if the MVA wins the Nov 20 assembly polls, the state will turn into an ATM for the Congress. “They (MVA) will withdraw funds from Maharashtra by using the state’s resources and send the money to Delhi,” Shah said at the meeting in Chalisgaon town.

At Parbhani, he said Rahul, who has been campaigning in Maharashtra, will fail once again. “Soniaji tried to land the plane named Rahul Baba 20 times and 20 times the plane crashed. Now again, an attempt is being made to land the plane for the 21st time in Maharashtra. Soniaji, your “Rahul plane” is going to crash for the 21st time,” he said.

Courtesy : TOI

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