Mumbai: Reacting sharply to Rahul Gandhi's criticism of PM Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah said that Congress would not have won even 44 seats in Lok Sabha elections had Rahul Gandhi spoken too much.
Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Amethi had sarcastically remarked that the Prime Minister was playing the drums in Japan, while at home, a power crisis and rising prices plagued the nation.
"Digvijaya Singh said they got less seats because Rahul Gandhi was silent. But if he (Rahul) had spoken more than what he spoke, the Congress would have found it impossible to secure even 44 seats in the Lok Sabha," Amit Shah said.
Shah who was in Mubai Thursday told his party workers, "Today I am here to tell every BJP worker that Narendra Modi has dreamt of an India that is free from the Congress.
"But this will not be possible till the party is uprooted from Maharashtra. You have to make sure they do not even get a chance to have a leader of the opposition in the Assembly, like the way they do not have one in the Lok Sabha," he told party workers on his maiden visit to the city after taking over the reins of the party.
During his visit, Shah also sought to put an end to speculation that ties with BJP's oldest ally Shiv Sena were under severe strain over the latter's demand for more seats by meeting Uddhav at his residence 'Matoshree'.
