NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah exposed the chinks in the Opposition unity in the Rajya Sabha, saying that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)โs birth took place in India after it heaped abuses, worth three-tonnes, on the legacy-heavy Congress following its raft of scams and the taint on UPA-era ministers but the Grand Old Partyโs aid to Arvind Kejriwal against the Delhi Services Bill was a comedy of errors.
Shah took turns to attack the former Union home minister P Chidambram and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge who questioned BJPโs pressing need to bring the Ordinance that has now been introduced as Delhi Services bill in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
โSince Chidambram saab enquired the emergency or the urgency to bring this bill. Let me clarify, the emergency was to protect the scam-related files that were to be damaged overnight by the AAP government. Otherwise, we would have had to open a cam on the loss or theft of the files,โ Shah quipped.
The home minister named Chidambram multiple times as the two sworn enemies dinโt bat an eyelid while fixing gaze on each other during Shahโs speech.
โChidambram saab also took potshots at us in the BJP, saying we have no right to discuss Delhi and that we couldnโt form government in Delhi. By the same measure, Congress has today no MLAs in Delhi. Congress canโt then speak in UP (where it won just two out of 399 seats contested in 2022), West Bengal, in 2021, the North east or Odisha elections eitherโ Shah remarked, drawing a raucous applause from the BJP MPS on the benches.
เคเคพเคเคเฅเคฐเฅเคธ เคเคนเคคเฅ เคนเฅ เคเคฟ เคเฅเคจเคพเคต เคจ เคเฅเคคเคจเฅ เคเฅ เคเคพเคฐเคฃ เคญเคพเคเคชเคพ เคเฅ เคฆเคฟเคฒเฅเคฒเฅ เคชเคฐ เคฌเฅเคฒเคจเฅ เคเคพ เค เคงเคฟเคเคพเคฐ เคจเคนเฅเค เคนเฅโฆ เคซเคฟเคฐ เคคเฅ เคเคธ เคฅเฅเคฏเฅเคฐเฅ เคธเฅ เคเคพเคเคเฅเคฐเฅเคธ เคเฅ เคฌเคเคเคพเคฒ, เคเคคเฅเคคเคฐ เคชเฅเคฐเคฆเฅเคถ, เคฆเคฟเคฒเฅเคฒเฅ, เคเคกเคฟเคถเคพ เคเฅเคธเฅ เค เคจเฅเค เคฐเคพเคเฅเคฏเฅเค เคชเคฐ เคฌเฅเคฒเคจเฅ เคเคพ เคเฅเค เค เคงเคฟเคเคพเคฐ เคจเคนเฅเค เคนเฅเฅค pic.twitter.com/hwfp5Hvxcr
โ Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 7, 2023
Shah ridiculed the Left Parties โ CPI and CPIM โ for questioning the BJP on its zero contribution to the freedom struggle.
โThe BJP was formed in 1950, so how could have we contributed to Indiaโs freedom. But some of our founders like Shyama Prasad Mukherjee contributed to ensuring protection of Kashmir and Bengal in making them inseparable part of India. Letโs accept that we accept decisions from Nagpur but we donโt follow the decisions of Russia or China like the Left parties,โ said Shah.
Russia เคต China เคเฅ เคเคถเคพเคฐเฅเค เคชเคฐ เคเคฒเคจเฅ เคตเคพเคฒเฅ เคนเคฎเฅเค เคฆเฅเคถเคญเคเฅเคคเคฟ เคจ เคธเคฟเคเคพเคเคเฅค pic.twitter.com/xfzVc15pdC
โ Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 7, 2023
Shah took swipes at the Opposition for seeking discussion on Delhi Ordinance bill under Rule 267 which allows the votes of the members to be counted.
โEvery day in the Rajya Sabha, we bring the bills. If Congress, or other parties want to test our strength in the Rajya Sabha, they must feel free. We arenโt afraid of them on any given day. We will pass several bills for Indiaโs development now,โ said Shah.
Shah said that Rule 267 was part of the Rajya Sabha to discuss an issue and not to misuse it to stop a bill.
เคเคธ เคฌเคฟเคฒ เคธเฅ เคตเคฟเคชเคเฅเคท เคเคพ เคฆเฅเคง เคเคพ เคฆเฅเคง เคเคฐ เคชเคพเคจเฅ เคเคพ เคชเคพเคจเฅ เคนเฅ เคเคฏเคพโฆ pic.twitter.com/yMGyx6kdj1
โ Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 7, 2023
โIs the motive to discuss Manipur under the Rule or to stop the bills and show their strength,โ Shah asked the Opposition, drawing frequent triumph calls from BJP MP and party president J P Nadda and Union minister Bhupender Yadav.