Launching BJP’s campaign in Chhattisgarh, Shah says upcoming Lok Sabha election is crucial for nation’s future

Union Home Minister Amit Shah rallies support for BJP in Chhattisgarh, emphasizing upcoming Lok Sabha election's importance for country's future.

Rallying support for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on February 22 asserted that the upcoming Lok Sabha election would decide the future of the country.

Addressing a public meeting in Janjgir, his first since last year’s Assembly poll, Mr. Shah said that the upcoming election would be significant to make the country fully developed and a world leader. He also slammed the Congress and its governance record at both the Centre and the State.

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“Friends, the coming election is an election that will decide the future of the country. The coming election is an important election to make the country fully developed and Mother India a world leader. Brothers and sisters, I want to thank the people of Chhattisgarh wholeheartedly. We came in 2014, you gave us 10 out of 11 seats, and just now you formed the Bharatiya Janata Party government with the highest majority in the Assembly,” he said, addressing the BJP’s Vijay Mahasankalp rally that marked the formal launch of the party’s Lok Sabha campaign in the State.

Calling the previous Congress government in the State “incompetent”, Mr. Shah said that it had neither controlled Naxalism nor did justice to the people of Chhattisgarh, and so was overthrown.

Lauding the Narendra Modi-led government’s initiatives, Mr. Shah highlighted significant progress made over the past decade in improving access to essential amenities, citing a series of statistics.

“Under the leadership of Modi ji, in 10 years, the Central government has worked for the welfare of 60 crore poor people of the country. In these 10 years, Modi ji worked to provide tap water to 60 crore poor people of the country, drinking water has reached more than 38 lakh houses in Chhattisgarh for the first time after 75 years of its Independence,” he said.