Union Home Minister Amit Shah  |  Photo Credit: ANI
Panaji: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is suffering from ‘Modi-phobia’ and asserted that only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can form government in poll-bound Goa.
Launching BJP’s election campaign in Goa, Amit Shah conducted a door-to-door campaign with chief minister Pramod Sawant and also offered prayers at a Sai Baba temple in Borim.
Addressing an indoor public meeting, he said, “Congress’s Gandhi parivar treats Goa as its tourist destination. They come here often. But as for BJP, we are fulfilling (late Goa chief minister) Manohar Parrikar’s ‘golden Goa’ dreams.”
“People of Goa need to choose between BJP’s ‘golden Goa’ and Congress’s ‘Gandhi parivar ka Goa’,” Shah said.
The Home Minister asserted that the development of small states is the Narendra Modi government’s priority.
BJP brought development to Goa. For Gandhi family, Goa is just a vacation spot. We raised state’s budget from 432 Cr (2013-14) to 2,567 Cr (Yr 2021). Ex-CM Digambar Kamat did nothing on infrastructure development. We did what we promised: HM& BJP leader Amit Shah in Ponda pic.twitter.com/kEeBIPVAp6
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2022
Slamming the Congress and the party’s former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat, Shah said during Kamat’s tenure, Goa was notorious for corruption, instability and chaos.
He also targeted senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying that he suffered from “Modi-phobia”.
Goa will go to Assembly elections on February 14 and the results will be declared on March 10.