Save the Constitution is Cong's campaign to save dynasty: Shah
BY Team MP24 April 2018 12:00 AM IST
Team MP24 April 2018 5:30 AM IST
New Delhi: Launching a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Amit Shah on Monday said the 'Save the Constitution' campaign launched by the Congress chief is an exercise to save the dynasty and that the opposition party's "Modi hatred" has turned into "India hatred".
In a statement soon after Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shah said if there is one political party that has trampled over the Constitution in letter and spirit, time and again, it is the opposition party.
He made mention of the Congress' move to impeach the Chief Justice of India and said it is part of a trend to demonise and weaken every institution that seeks to maintain its individual identity and does not "kowtow to the dynasty", a reference to the Gandhi family.
The BJP chief also cited the Congress' alleged attack on the CAG, Election Commission, the Army and the Supreme Court at different points of time and its imposition of the Emergency in 1975 to hit back
"Those who do not trust the Army, the judiciary, the Supreme Court, the Election Commission, EVMs, the RBI are now saying democracy is in danger. India has a vibrant democracy and a vibrant Constitution.
"The Congress' Save the Constitution' campaign is nothing but a farce that seeks to perpetuate the rule of the dynasty over the rule of democracy. Like in the past, we need to protect the Constitution from the Congress," Shah said.
When Gandhi says the Congress made the Constitution, he is continuing his family legacy of humiliating Bhimrao Ambedkar, Shah said.
"By repeatedly saying the Congress made the Constitution, Rahul Gandhi is carrying forward his family tradition of insulting Dr Ambedkar. The Nehru-Gandhi family insulted him when he was alive and is humiliating him even more now. Shameful and petty," the BJP chief said. Earlier on Monday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the country could burn, girls may be raped, and the rights of scheduled castes and minorities be under threat, but Modi was merely interested in becoming the prime minister again.
The twin burning issues of Dalit rights and women's safety were at the centre of Gandhi's all-out attack on Modi at the launch of the Congress's "Save the Constitution" programme, as he asserted that constitutional values had been endangered under the Modi government and assured the people that his party would not let it happen.
Institutions such as the Supreme Court were being trampled on, and Parliament had been shut down by the government, he alleged, claiming that if he were allowed to speak for 15 minutes on a host of issues, including the Nirav Modi scam, Modi would "run away".
Going full throttle, he alleged that institutions were being packed with people who believed in the RSS's ideology.
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