New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah on Friday asserted that rival parties have exposed themselves and shown their true face by criticising the Centre’s demonetisation move which, he said, has rattled those with black money and fake currency and made some political parties poor as well.
Taking a swipe at his rivals, the BJP chief said he would like to ask Congress, SP, BSP and AAP as to why they are so pained. Mr Shah said while he understands dealers of black money, fake currency, hawala and drug are rattled what he cannot fathom as to why leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati and Arvind Kejriwal are joining the list of such people.
Even though he insisted that the government’s move had nothing to do with the impending assembly polls, he said BJP will benefit politically going by the reactions of opposition parties.
Assembly polls on his mind, Mr Shah had consistently targeted SP, BSP and Congress — BJP’s rivals in Uttar Pradesh — AAP, its challenger in Punjab besides Congress, but skipped any mention of TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He named her in his reply to a question.
“I can understand the pain of those keeping black money, fake currency, hawala operators, naxalites and drug dealers with this decision. What has amazed me is the way some political parties are rattled,” he said.
