Those in Lutyen's Zone can't feel 'achhe din', says Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah on Monday that those in Lutyen's Zone (the seat of power in the centre of the national capital) can't feel the "achhe din" (good days) ushered in by the Narendra Modi government.

"Those in Lutyen's zone can't feel 'achhe di'n. Go and ask those, who have got free LPG gas connections and got rid from smoky chimneys. 'Achhe din' have com for those five crore mothers," Shah said in India TV conclave "Samvad".

Rufuting Congress allegation of government action in the 2008 Malegaon blast case to give "clean chits" to accused associated with the RSS-BJP, the Bharatiya Janata Party chief said those having doubts arw free to move higher courts.

"In our country law is supreme and those having doubts can challenge the verdict in higher courts," he said.

He also took on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his silence over rape and murder of a Dalit law student in Kerala.

"Rahul Gandhi has time to go JNU and Hyderabad (university) but doesn't find it go Karala where a Dalit was raped and murdered, just because the state was governed by his own party," he claimed.

On liquor ban in Bihar, he said that BJP-ruled states will also try to consider it but "Nitish Kumar should also stop murders in the state".

--IANS

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