Amit Shah claims that Congress has failed to find a candidate having clean image

Annoucing that Party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will file his nominations from the Varanasi lok Sabha seat on April 24, BJP general secretary and in charge of Uttar Pradesh Amit Shah claimed that Congress even failed to find a candidate having clean image to take on Gujrat chief minister in the Holy city.

``Why Congress was silent to a media report that Ajay Rai, contesting against Modi from Varanasi, had criminal record and that he had procured an AK-47 assaulted rifle from a Bihar based mafia don", cited Shah while alleging that Congress could not even gave a candidate having clean image in Varanasi. He said that Modi will file his nomination in the Holy city on coming Thursday. April 24 is the last date for filing of nominations for the sixth and last phase of elections in UP where polling is scheduled on May 12. 

Interestingly, union minister for Steel, Beni Prasad Verma was quick enough to react to Shah’s allegations and said that Rai was facing some allegations but Shah had no rights to put such questions as he (Shah) was charge-sheeted in cases of murder and even BJP’s prime ministerial candidate still not get a clean chit from the Upper Court in massacre of innocents in Godhra.``Shah who is giving us lesson of not fielding a candidate of clean image must first see on his own and his mentior Narendra Modi’s past who were even charge sheeted in killings of innocent persons", Beni said asking Shah to first ask Modi to resign from Gujrat chief minister’s post and set a morale before everyone and than leveled charge on others.   

Meanwhile reacting to ban on him by Election Commission (EC) over his objectionable remarks, Amit Shah admitted that it was a ' no ball' that caused his brief ban. He also back tracked from his version that SP government in UP would be dislodged. "I honour all orders of the EC and admit that it was just a 'no ball'. Though my speeches never intends to violate the election model code of conduct but I agree to the EC's interpretation," he said while talking to media persons for the first time after the lifting of the ban by the EC here on Saturday afternoon.It was a different Shah on Thursday and was very mild and cautious while replying to all the issues and avoided any personal attack on any leaders. Clarifying about his statement as well as of other BJP leadersthat the UP government will be dislodge once BJP comes to power at the Centre, Shah maintained that  the SP government will fall automatically after the lok Sabha polls. He also defended Uma Bharti that she had not said about dismissal of the UP government.Blaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi solely for the misrule of the UPA governments, the BJP leader said everyone has claimed that it was Ms Gandhi who ruled the country and not Manmohan Singh.

He also questioned Congress vice- president that why he was saying in the election rallies that several things have to be done when his government had already ruled ten years.He also refused that  BJP had sent any envoy to Kashmir Separatist and Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani while defended the  land given to industrialists Adani at subsidised rate.'' Supreme Court had appreciated the Gujarat government over the land given to industrialists for development,'' he stated.Meanwhile, the BJP leader was elated over the party's wave in the country and hoped that in UP alone the party will win majority seats. '' In the first two phases in UP BJP would win 18 seats out of the total 21 in stake,'' he claimed. 

 Shah said BJP wave has now turned into a tsunami in the country and there is no doubt over NDA coming to power and Narendra  Modi becoming the next PM. He also narrated in detail how the party is taking the advantage of modern technology to campaign in the rural areas and connecting with the youths of the country.