‘If they kill one soldier, we will kill 10’: BJP President Amit Shah

Solapur (Maharashtra): Issuing a strong warning to Pakistan, Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Thursday warned that anybody attacking India will have to suffer 10 times more casualties.

Addressing whirlwind election rallies in Solapur, Sangli and Osmanabad districts in Maharashtra, Shah said amidst roaring applause: “The whole world has realised it now... If one of our jawans is martyred, 10 of theirs will be killed.” Targeting former Congress President Rahul Gandhi for not supporting the government on issues of national importance, Shah reiterated that the BJP didn’t believe in vote-bank politics. “We don’t indulge in politics of vote-bank or appeasement... National interest is our only top priority,” Shah said, referring to the achievements of the government such as the 2016 surgical strikes across the Line of Control after the terror attacks in Uri and the air strikes in Balakot following the Pulwama terror attack earlier this year. On the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Shah pointed out that the Congress and Rahul Gandhi had attacked the decision, saying that it would lead to a bloodbath. “But today, Kashmir is peaceful,” he said. He also pointed out how Pakistan-sponsored terror had killed over 40,000 people in Jammu and Kashmir and said that “it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who ensured that the crown of India was integrated into the national mainstream of the Indian Union.” “Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s dream of an integrated India has been achieved by Prime Minister Modi in his second tenure,” Shah said. He demanded that Rahul Gandhi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar should “clarify” whether they are for or against the decision to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Charging the Congress-NCP of fostering “dynastic politics”, he lauded Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ five-year rule as “amazing”, saying the state has fared better in all areas of governance compared to all the earlier regimes. Shah, who had attended a Dussehra rally in Beed on October 8, is scheduled to address another series of election rallies in Maharashtra on October 11, according to party sources. (IANS)

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