Modi, Shah tear into the Opposition
India TV NewsPrime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday lashed out at the opposition, with Modi berating the Congress for never having the will or intention to end corruption, and Shah dismissing the January 19 rally of opposition leaders in Kolkata as a "gathbandhan" of power-seekers keen on serving their own interests. Without naming Rajiv Gandhi, Modi said a former Prime Minister had famously said that of the 100 rupees that the Central government doles out for public welfare, only 15 rupees reach the beneficiaries with the rest 85 per cent leaked through corruption. Speaking at a party rally in northern West Bengal's Malda, Shah said the opposition leaders who gathered at the Brigade Parade Ground rally only wanted a "majboor" government so that they could "indulge in corruption", which was not possible under the "majboot" government of Modi. Targeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had organised the mega rally of anti-BJP opposition parties at the Brigade Parade Ground on Saturday, Shah said: "Mamata Di, even if you gather 25 leaders, and they hold each others' hands on the stage, Narendra Modi can't be removed.