NEW DELHI: Hitting out at the INDIA alliance for not announcing its PM candidate, home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said “the country needs a strong PM, not one on yearly-basis”. The home minister was addressing an election rally in Bihar’s Madhubani.
“Even if INDIA bloc wins, which I am sure won’t happen, who will be its PM candidate? Are Mamata, Lalu and Stalin INDIA bloc’s PM candidates?” asked Shah taking a jibe at the Opposition.
The home minister also hit out at the alliance leaders for its recent remarks on Pakistan. “People like Farooq Abdullah, Mani Shankar Aiyar say don’t talk about Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as Pakistan have atom bombs. Rahul Baba (Gandhi) you may be afraid of Pakistan’s atom bomb… the country is so strong under the leadership of PM Modi that there is no need to be afraid of any atom bomb. Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was ours and will remain ours. We will take it back,” Shah said.
‘Will build grand Sita temple in Sitamarhi’
Earlier in another rally in Bihar’s Sitamarhi, Amit Shah said after Ayodhya, now the BJP government will build a massive temple in the state.
“We, the BJP don’t get scared of the ‘vote bank’. PM Modi has built the temple of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya now the work that is left is to build a great memorial at the birthplace of Ma Sita. Those who kept themselves away from Ram temple can’t do this, but if someone can build a temple as ideal as the life of Ma Sita, it’s Narendra Modi, it’s BJP,” Shah said.
Five seats of Bihar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur, will vote in Phase 5 of Lok Sabha elections on May 20.