Opposition bloc for & by 7 families: Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday launched a scathing attack on the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) bloc calling them an alliance of parties run by seven families who filled their pockets with scam-tainted money and worked only for their kin.

It was for the public to decide whether wanted the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was full of patriotism, or the I.N.D.I.A. bloc that had committed scams to the tune of ₹12 lakh crore, Shah said.

He was speaking after inaugurating and laying foundation stones of projects costing ₹2,300 crore at Silvassa in the Union Territory of Daman, Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.


"We are standing on the threshold of (Lok Sabha) elections. We have two options in front of us. On the one hand, we have the leadership of Narendra Modi, full of patriotism, and on the other hand, there is the I.N.D.I.A. alliance which is a coalition of parties of seven families," Shah said.

"You have to decide whether the country wants the rule of Modi, who made India's economy the fifth largest in the world, or the I.N.D.I.A. bloc that committed scams of ₹12 lakh crore," he added.

"Congress leader Sonia Gandhi wants to make her son Rahul Gandhi the prime minister, Lalu Yadav, Uddhav Thackeray and MK Stalin want to make their sons chief ministers, while Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee wants to make her kin next CM," he said.