Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that Naxalite violence has decreased over the past ten years, and efforts are being made to eradicate the Naxal menace before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Shah was addressing a gathering during an event held at Indira Stadium in Korba, Chhattisgarh, an area affected by Maoist violence.
The BJP leader also asked people to vote against the state’s Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in the next Assembly elections. He claimed that the Baghel administration was responsible for a “rise” in crime and corruption and advised voters to support the Bharatiya Janata Party if they wanted to see Narendra Modi serve as prime minister once more in 2024.
“Naxalite incidents declined to 509 in 2021, from 2,258 in 2009 when the Congress was in power at the Centre,” Shah said.
He claimed that the Narendra Modi administration tried to get rid of those who carried weapons in addition to making sure that young people (in Naxalite-affected areas) who used to pick up guns had access to education and employment.
“Our government’s effort is to make the country free of Naxalism before the 2024 parliamentary polls,” he added.
Taking a swipe at the Congress government, he said, “I want to ask Bhupesh Baghel what he will tell people if they ask him what he has done in his five years’ rule..not that he has done nothing. He has worked to increase corruption, incidents of rape and crimes, and the cutting of forests of tribals.”
Additionally, according to Shah, the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) monies were improperly managed by the Baghel administration.
“The Modi government started DMF for the development and welfare of people (in mineral-rich areas).Chhattisgarh received ₹9,243 crore by way of DMF, but what has this government done with that money? I can tell you where it has gone. See the houses of Congressmen in your area. Those who used to move around on scooter now have an Audi car. Their houses have turned into three-storey buildings …Congress committed corruption in DMF funds,” the union minister alleged.
Teach lesson to Congress: Shah
Shah urged people to teach a lesson to the Congress by voting it out of power and said a BJP government will seek account of every single rupee from Bhupesh Baghel.
“If you want to add momentum to the vehicle of development then you have to put a double engine in it. There is already one engine (referring to the Modi government) and you need to put another by electing the BJP in this year’s Assembly elections. Whatever that has not been done, will be completed in five years,” he said.
In an effort to win over the Other Backward Classes (OBC), who make up 52% of the state’s population, Shah claimed that while the Congress did nothing for them, the Modi administration established the OBC commission and made sure they received constitutional protections.
“The Modi government provided reservation to OBCs in NEET examination. It provided 27 per cent quota to OBCs in admissions in Central schools, Sainik schools and Navodaya Vidyalayas. A venture capital fund was created for OBC business persons,” he said.
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