In Haryana, Amit Shah hits out at Congress, pitches for BJP’s ‘strong India’ slogan

BJP intensifies campaigning in Haryana ahead of elections with top leaders addressing back-to-back rallies to secure support.

As polling for parliamentary elections in Haryana draws closer, the Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) campaigning efforts are reaching a peak, with top leaders hitting the ground with back-to-back rallies.

With less than a week left for the State to go to the polls on May 25, the BJP has deployed a battery of prominent leaders to garner support.

BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have addressed several rallies to ensure a repeat of the BJP’s stellar performance in 2019 when the party swept all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana.

On Monday, Mr. Shah addressed multiple rallies in Haryana, hitting out at the Congress party and pitching the BJP’s “strong India” narrative to voters.

In Karnal, he said Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) belongs to India and will be taken back. “PoK is ours, and we will take it,” he said.

He accused the Congress of playing the politics of appeasement for years. He said the Congress did not revoke Article 370 because of its appeasement policy.

He added that Congress leaders did not take part in the Ram Temple consecration ceremony for the same reason: because they wanted to appease the party’s minority vote bank.