"I would like to tell those who raise questions on the abrogation of Article 370 that the rise in the voter turnout from 14 per cent in the past to 40 per cent (in Srinagar) is the greatest testament to the success of the decision," Amit Shah said in an exclusive conversation with ANI.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a swipe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, suggesting that the public will be reminded of the liquor 'scam' whenever they see Kejriwal campaigning for the AAP and Congress in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
On Thursday evening, the situation turned tense after House Speaker Devraj Ghimire invited Nepal's Deputy PM and Home Minister Lamichhane to the rostrum and address the meeting amidst the protest by the Nepali Congress.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday linked the upcoming general election to the battle of Mahabharata and said that two camps are contesting Lok Sabha polls, one of 'Pandavas' represented by NDA alliance and the other of 'Kauravas' represented by INDIA bloc.
"Today Lalu Yadav, for the sake of power politics, to make his son the Chief Minister, has gone and sat in the lap of the Congress party, which has spent its entire life opposing the backward and extremely backward classes," Shah said while campaigning at Bihar's Sitamarhi on Thursday.
Addressing a public meeting in the Hooghly district on Wednesday, ahead of the fifth phase of polling in Bengal on May 20, Shah said the legendary filmmaker would have helmed a sequel to 'Hiraj Rajar Deshe' titled 'Hirak Rani', if he were alive today.
"When I said these points (PM Modi will retire next year to make way for Union Home Minister Amit Shah) in a press conference in Delhi, Amit Shah and several leaders stated that PM Modi should not resign at 75 and he will be fulfilling his term. I respect their emotions towards their leader.
Terming Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on the Supreme Court judgement on Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail as "objectionable," Rajya Sabha MP and Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that if the Home Minister had knowledge about the law, then he shouldn't have made such remarks
Amid BJP's push in Odisha to improve its performance in the Lok Sabha and assembly polls being held simultaneously, Home Minister Amit Shah has said that people of the state want change and think that "someone else is running the government".
Hitting out at the opposition for raking up the Balakot air strike and Pulwama terror attack issues, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that "PM Narendra Modi ne ghar mein ghus kar maara hai" and the BJP-led central government has transformed the situation in Kashmir after the abrogation of
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the government has taken decisive steps to tackle Naxalism and the country will be free of the problem in the next two to three years