NEW DELHI, INDIA (Xinhua) — India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah Monday slammed the main opposition Congress party for its dynasty politics in his debut speech in the parliament.
“For 70 years, this country was run just by one family. At one point people started believing that this is how things will be. They had lost hope. Today, there is a new hope, an optimism across the country,” Shah said in the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).
In his speech, the BJP chief did not name the Nehru-Gandhi family which has ruled India as well as the Congress party for the past 70 years till losing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP in general elections in 2014.
“In 2014, the people of India made a historic decision, by voting a government to power with a full majority. People want to progress at a fast pace and hence they chose the BJP,” Shah said.
“This government is determined to uplift the poor, it is determined to come to the aid of the farmer … to help them every step of the way,” he added, stressing the BJP is committed to the betterment of the poor people.
The 50-year-old close aide of Modi was elected to Rajya Sabha in August last year. Shah is credited with the BJP’s win in the 2014 general election and last year’s assembly election in the politically crucial northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
