Firstpost
  • Home
  • Video Shows
    Vantage Firstpost America Firstpost Africa First Sports
  • World
    US News
  • Explainers
  • News
    India Opinion Cricket Tech Entertainment Sports Health Photostories
  • Asia Cup 2025
Apple Incorporated Modi ji Justin Trudeau Trending

Sections

  • Home
  • Live TV
  • Videos
  • Shows
  • World
  • India
  • Explainers
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Cricket
  • Health
  • Tech/Auto
  • Entertainment
  • Web Stories
  • Business
  • Impact Shorts

Shows

  • Vantage
  • Firstpost America
  • Firstpost Africa
  • First Sports
  • Fast and Factual
  • Between The Lines
  • Flashback
  • Live TV

Events

  • Raisina Dialogue
  • Independence Day
  • Champions Trophy
  • Delhi Elections 2025
  • Budget 2025
  • US Elections 2024
  • Firstpost Defence Summit
Trending:
  • Nepal protests
  • Nepal Protests Live
  • Vice-presidential elections
  • iPhone 17
  • IND vs PAK cricket
  • Israel-Hamas war
fp-logo
BJP president Amit Shah hits out at Cong, accuses UPA of plundering Rs 10 lakh cr in scams
Whatsapp Facebook Twitter
Whatsapp Facebook Twitter
Apple Incorporated Modi ji Justin Trudeau Trending

Sections

  • Home
  • Live TV
  • Videos
  • Shows
  • World
  • India
  • Explainers
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Cricket
  • Health
  • Tech/Auto
  • Entertainment
  • Web Stories
  • Business
  • Impact Shorts

Shows

  • Vantage
  • Firstpost America
  • Firstpost Africa
  • First Sports
  • Fast and Factual
  • Between The Lines
  • Flashback
  • Live TV

Events

  • Raisina Dialogue
  • Independence Day
  • Champions Trophy
  • Delhi Elections 2025
  • Budget 2025
  • US Elections 2024
  • Firstpost Defence Summit
  • Home
  • India
  • BJP president Amit Shah hits out at Cong, accuses UPA of plundering Rs 10 lakh cr in scams

BJP president Amit Shah hits out at Cong, accuses UPA of plundering Rs 10 lakh cr in scams

FP Archives • May 19, 2015, 19:54:14 IST
Whatsapp Facebook Twitter

Hitting out at Congress, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the preceding UPA government of plundering the country through scams while asserting that the Narendra Modi government had mobilised huge revenues during its one-year rule.

Advertisement
Subscribe Join Us
Add as a preferred source on Google
Prefer
Firstpost
On
Google
BJP president Amit Shah hits out at Cong, accuses UPA of plundering Rs 10 lakh cr in scams

Thiruvananthapuram: Hitting out at Congress, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the preceding UPA government of plundering the country through scams while asserting that the Narendra Modi government had mobilised huge revenues during its one-year rule. “While the UPA government plundered Rs 10 lakh crore in the country in 76 scams, the present NDA government under Narendra Modi could mobilise Rs 2 lakh crore by auctioning 20 of the 230 mines and Rs one lakh crore through spectrum auctions,” Shah said. [caption id=“attachment_2252454” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![BJP President Amit Shah. PTI](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Amit-Shah_Adityapur_PTI1.jpg) BJP president Amit Shah. PTI[/caption] He was inaugurating BJP’s ‘Secretariat siege’ as part of the party’s agitation against UDF government for alleged corruption in governance and “adjustment agitation” by CPI (M) led Opposition. The meeting took place amidst heavy rains in the city. On the Congress jibe about Prime Minister’s frequent foreign trips, he said the respect received by Modi during his overseas visits was not for any particular person or BJP government, but for the people of the country. “It is not respect for a particular person or BJP government. But to the 125 crore people of the country,” he added. Stating that India was able to improve its relations with various countries during the last one year, he said earlier when some Prime Ministers went abroad, not many used to know. “But now, if Narendra Modi goes to US, Germany, Fiji, or Bhutan, wherever he goes, thousands throng to welcome him,” he said. Shah also rejected the Congress criticism that the BJP was ‘anti poor’ and ‘anti farmer’ saying ‘it is a government which works for the benefit of the poor and downtrodden’. “Modi government’s focus was on the poorest of the poor among the 125 crore people who had been neglected by the Congress for the last 68 years,” Shah said, adding they were given financial inclusion by ensuring bank accounts and also new insurance policy. The Modi government has waged a big war against unemployment through its ‘Make In India’ and ‘Skills Development’ campaigns aimed to give employment to jobless youth, he said. Dismissing Congress allegations that the BJP government was ‘anti farmer’, Shah said the NDA had brought in various laws to help the farming community. It had also brought about a transformation by revoking archaic laws of the British raj, he added. The NDA government also ensured 50 per cent increase in compensation for crop loss, he said. Pointing out that the BJP led government had laid lot of importance to the country’s security, the party President alleged when the UPA government was in power, there were daily incidents of Pak firing in Kashmir. “But now, the BJP government had started reciprocating in the same way to the Pak firing– ‘Goli ka jawab goli se’,” he said. Attacking the Congress led UDF in Kerala, Shah said it was time to ‘uproot’ the ‘corrupt’ front and usher in change. “It is not the UDF or LDF which will help the state, but BJP that can bring in development,” he said, adding the party workers should strive to ‘free’ the state from Congress rule. The four years of UDF is synonymous with “misgovernance, corruption” he said, referring to the solar and bar bribery scams. The transformation brought by the Modi government should come to Kerala also, he said. Cautioning against the attack on party workers, he said, “I am warning you. You cannot silence BJP with violence.” PTI

Tags
India UPA Congress BJP NewsTracker Modi Scams Amit Shah
End of Article
Written by FP Archives

see more

Latest News
Find us on YouTube
Subscribe
End of Article

Impact Shorts

NDA's CP Radhakrishnan wins vice presidential election

NDA's CP Radhakrishnan wins vice presidential election

CP Radhakrishnan of BJP-led NDA won the vice presidential election with 452 votes, defeating INDIA bloc's B Sudershan Reddy who secured 300 votes. The majority mark was 377.

More Impact Shorts

Top Stories

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Israel targets top Hamas leaders in Doha; Qatar, Iran condemn strike as violation of sovereignty

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Nepal: Oli to continue until new PM is sworn in, nation on edge as all branches of govt torched

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Who is CP Radhakrishnan, India's next vice-president?

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House

Israel informed US ahead of strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, says White House

Top Shows

Vantage Firstpost America Firstpost Africa First Sports

QUICK LINKS

  • Mumbai Rains
Latest News About Firstpost
Most Searched Categories
  • Web Stories
  • World
  • India
  • Explainers
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Cricket
  • Tech/Auto
  • Entertainment
  • IPL 2025
NETWORK18 SITES
  • News18
  • Money Control
  • CNBC TV18
  • Forbes India
  • Advertise with us
  • Sitemap
Firstpost Logo

is on YouTube

Subscribe Now

Copyright @ 2024. Firstpost - All Rights Reserved

About Us Contact Us Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Terms Of Use
Home Video Shorts Live TV