Rahul taunts BJP on ‘Beta Bachao’ while Smriti, Shah lambast Cong for no development in Amethi 

The government has transitioned from “Beti Bachao” to “Beta Bachao”, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday in another swipe following a report alleging that a firm owned by BJP chief Amit Shah’s son saw a huge rise in turnover after the party came to power.

Gandhi’s remark came after several Union ministers came out in support of Shah’s son Jay Amit Shah.

“Amazing transition from Beti Bachao to Beta Bachao,” Gandhi said on Twitter, using the term “Shehzada” to describe Shah's son.

He also tagged a report headlined “Piyush Goyal defends Jay Shah's business dealings for second day” along with his tweet.

On Monday, Gandhi had pressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “say something” on claims in the report in the news portal The Wire.

“Modiji, ...Did you act as a watchman or were you a partner? Please say something,” he had said.

The Congress has launched an all-out attack on the BJP chief with several party leaders holding press conferences across the country to hit out at Shah's son over his alleged business dealings while prodding the prime minister to speak on the issue.

The charge has been rejected by the BJP and Shah's son, who termed the report “false, derogatory and defamatory”.

The Congress is asking Prime Minister Modi to remove him as BJP chief and order a probe by Supreme Court judges.

Meanwhile, the BJP national President Amit Shah launched a bitter attack on the Congress and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in his entire speech in Amethi on Tuesday. Addressing Rahul Gandhi as ‘RahulBaba’, he caustically said that Rahul Gandhi has been an MP from Amethi for so long but there has been no development in the constituency. He said that people of Amethi have been loyal to the Congress but they have not received the kind of attention they should have.

Union Textiles and Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani also launched a blistering attack on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and accused him of paying lip service to development.

Speaking at the public rally here in Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of the Gandhi scion, Irani said the Congress leader was making fun of development in Gujarat but has no answer for the lack of it in his own backyard in Amethi.

“This state was once ruled by the Congress and the Gandhi clan has been representing Amethi for long. Now is the time for them to answer the people on why there has been no development,” the Union Minister, who unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha poll against Gandhi, said.

With inputs from agencies