Opposition parties suffering from 'Modi phobia': Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Naveen Patnaik government for not implementing Centre’s health assurance scheme Ayushman Bharat in Odisha. He also said the BJD government is being run by bureaucrats and police while elected representatives have no significance.

Addressing a public rally in Puri, Shah said the Opposition was “suffering from Modiphobia” and was obsessed with the aim of removing Narendra Modi from Prime Ministership. He said the grand alliance of opposition parties has been stitched mainly for this purpose.

Accusing the BJD of abandoning Biju Patnaik’s principles, Shah said, “There is no importance for elected representatives in Odisha. Collector babu, IPS and IAS officers are sitting like kings.”


He warned that these “corrupt people” will not be spared when the regime changes and BJP comes to power in the state.

“While (Prime Minister) Modiji is preoccupied with 'Make in India', the Congress and opposition parties, gatbandhan parties, including the BJD, are engaged in break in India," Shah told a massive gathering of the party’s women cadre.

“Modiji says remove poverty, they say remove Modi. Modiji say remove unemployment, Opposition says remove Modi. They suffer from a Modiphobia and have no other agenda, policy, vision, values nor leader," he said.

Shah, who was in the temple town for ‘Mahila Shakti Kendra Sammelan’, reserved most of his speech on attacking Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. Warning Patnaik of an eminent loss in assembly polls, he criticised the CM for refusing to let Odisha join Ayushman Bharat. “He is not concerned about Odisha’s public and is just interested in retaining his chair. Naveen babu, your exit is assured in 2019. The day you leave, the next day a BJP CM will implement it [Ayushman Bharat] in Odisha.