Dig at SP, vow to return for 3rd term: Inside Amit Shah's meet with UP BJP leaders

India Today · Kumar Abhishek · 2026-10-30 07:33 UTC

Amit Shah attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress at the UP BJP executive committee meeting His remarks framed the Ayodhya firing and electoral victories as a rallying call

Amit Shah attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress at the UP BJP executive committee meeting. His remarks framed the Ayodhya firing and electoral victories as a rallying call.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress while addressing BJP workers in Uttar Pradesh, invoking the 1990 firing on Ram devotees in Ayodhya under the Mulayam Singh Yadav government and asserting that the BJP would return to power in the state for a third consecutive term.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives to inaugurate UP BJP executive committee meeting in Lucknow. Addressing the party workers, Shah called them the "masters" of the BJP and greeted them with a respectful "Ram-Ram". He credited the workers for the party's electoral victories in Uttar Pradesh, recalling its performance in the 2017 and 2022 Assembly elections.

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