Bihar

Katihar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday charged the Congress-led opposition with being soft on terror and indifferent towards the uplift of deprived castes, and alleged that their return to power could cause 'riots, atrocities and poverty'. Addressing an election rally in the Katihar Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar, the former BJP president also credited his party with having given the nation, in Narendra Modi, its 'first OBC prime minister' who has 'put an end' to dynasty politics. "Modi wiped out Naxalism and reined in terrorism. When the Congress was in power, terrorists struck at will and nobody could muster the courage to retaliate. In contrast, the attacks in Uri and Pulwama were followed quickly by surgical strikes and Balakot airstrikes. Our security personnel went across the border with Pakistan and the terrorists were bumped off in their own hideouts," said Shah. Also Read: https://www.thehawk.in/posts/amit-shah-skips-darjeeling-rally-as-helicopter-fails-to-land-due-to-inclement-weather [https://www.thehawk.in/posts/amit-shah-skips-darjeeling-rally-as-helicopter-fails-to-land-due-to-inclement-weather]  He also slammed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for taking exception to raising the issue of abrogation of Article 370 in poll rallies outside Jammu and Kashmir, saying 'it is a matter concerning the whole country'. "People from Rajasthan and Bihar have shed their blood fighting the insurgency there. Now Kashmir has been fully integrated with the rest of the country," he said. In his speech that lasted barely 15 minutes, Shah, who spoke in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the JD(U) president, also dwelt at length on the alleged anti-OBC stance of the Congress, which has sought to reach out to th ...