‘Won’t Win Elections Even by 2030’: Amit Shah Hits Out at Rahul Gandhi Over ‘Vote Theft’ Claims

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday attacked the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at a gathering in the capital, saying the Congress will not be able to win elections even by 2030 because of its “negative politics,” and that the people of Punjab will vote the AAP government out.

Shah accused Rahul Gandhi of raising “vote theft” allegations only to protect the votes of infiltrators. “The Congress has not been elected in several states for decades,” he said, “and this trend began long before PM Modi came to power.”

He dismissed the Congress’s repeated questions about the neutrality of the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying the party blames democratic institutions only when it loses. “Where you win, the Election Commission is doing well, but whenever you lose, the Election Commission is deemed faulty,” he said. “Your turn will not come for the next 30 years.”

KEJRIWAL AND PUNJAB

Turning to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, Shah said the people would give him a “befitting reply” by rooting the AAP government out of Punjab. He accused the former Delhi Chief Minister of doing politics only through agitations and protests. “You did nothing to clear the towering heaps of garbage from Delhi,” he said.

The Centre, he said, is working to clear the capital’s landfill sites, and “in a very short span of time” they will be turned into public gardens.

RS 8,941 CRORE FOR THE YAMUNA

At the event in Dwarka, Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 43 Delhi Jal Board projects worth Rs 8,941 crore, aimed at cleaning the Yamuna and upgrading the city’s drinking water infrastructure. He called them “the backbone” of the river’s rejuvenation, covering both wastewater treatment and drinking water.

Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a major meeting within the first month of the Delhi government’s formation and presented his vision for purifying the Yamuna to the Delhi government and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

“In such a short span, we have already covered more than 40% of the journey toward this goal,” he said, crediting the efforts of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and minister Pravesh Verma.

With inputs from ANI