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NEW DELHI: Union minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his speech on no trust motion in the Lok Sabha."We have seen one opposition leader being launched 13 times and every such attempt has failed," Amit Shah said without taking the name of Rahul Gandhi.He reminded the House of how the Congress had hyped Rahul Gandhi's visit to the house of one Kalavati Bandurkar, a farm widow from Yavatmals Jalka village.Read AlsoKalawati, the woman Rahul spoke of in Lok SabhaRahul Gandhi narrated Kalawati's story in Lok Sabha.
He presented the poor Dalit woman whose hut in Jalka he had visited on July 18 as an icon of grit in the face of adversity.Kalavati, now a taxpayer, meets Rahul after 14 yearsNagpur: Kalavati Bandurkar, a farm widow from Yavatmals Jalka village who had become the face of Vidarbhas agrarian crisis, on Tuesday met Rahul Gandhi once again after 14 years.
In 2008, the Congress leader had gone to Kalavatis village as he toured the country and mentioned her condition in hisManipur violence shameful, politics over it even more shameful, Amit Shah says in Lok SabhaUnion home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the opposition of doing shameful politics over violence in Manipur.
"What happened in Manipur is shameful, but to do politics over it is worse," he said during the debate on no-confidence motion.
"I agree there have been incidents of violence inIn 2008, Rahul had gone to Kalavatis village as he toured the country and mentioned her condition in his speech in Lok Sabha.
Her husband Parshuram Bandurkar, a farmer, had committed suicide allegedly due to agrarian crisis."The truth is that the Congress did nothing for Kalavati and it was the BJP which changed her life for the better," Amit Shah said."What did you do for her? House, ration, electricity were provided to her by Modi government," he said.WatchLaunched 13 times: Amit Shah takes a jibe at Rahul Gandhi during speech on no-confidence motion





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