Modi-Shah are liars, says Ram Jethmalani
Bengaluru, May 7: Former union minister and Supreme Court advocate Ram Jethmalani said that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amith Shah have cheated the people of the country by giving false promises.
Speaking at the Meet the Press at the Press Club here on Monday, Jethmalani said that people should teach both of them a befitting reply in this assembly election. In the last Lok Sabha election, the BJP, in its manifesto, had promised of bringing back the black money stashed in foreign countries and credit Rs 15 lakh to every individual’s account. But how much black money did not bring, he asked.
“I have been fighting against black money. But Narendra Modi who met me in 2009, has said that he would support his cause and I have believed him. Amith Shah who came to my home promised me of extending his support. Later, I came to know that as why Shah had come to my home. He had to come out of a murder case charged against him. For this reason, he was at my home at that time”, he said.
After BJP-led NDA got majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, they have asked him of giving up the fight against black money. But he has made a mistake believing the BJP then. Even then, he has not given up his fight. He would continue his fight against black money in the Supreme Court. The case would come in front of the SC on July 15. Germany and Switzerland are ready to disclose the list of black money holders. But the government has not taken a right decision, he alleged.
“I have asked 15 questions to BJP, PM Modi and Amith Shah regarding black money. But they have never replied to me. They are cheaters. So, people should teach them a lesson through this Assembly election. But I would not say on supporting the Congress. BJP should not be voted to power at any cost”, the senior advocate said.
BJP will bite the dust in 2019
For the last four years, both Modi and Shah have been giving false promises to the people. BJP is unfit to be a ruling party and Congress to be opposition party. Modi will definitely bite the dust in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The BJP has around 37 per cent criminals, he said.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
