Overview
- Speaking in Ahmedabad, the home minister said Rahul Gandhi is "busy understanding FIRs" rather than governance and public issues.
- He argued Congress keeps losing because it resists widely popular moves, naming the Ram Temple, air strikes on Pakistan, action against alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators, abrogation of Article 370, and temple work in Kashi.
- Shah contrasted this with what he called the BJP’s trust-based, development-oriented and "sensitive" governance that he says wins repeated mandates.
- He predicted Congress would keep losing in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu and asserted the BJP would return to power in 2029 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- The remarks, presented as a rebuttal to Gandhi’s recent question in Parliament about Congress losses, signaled pre-election messaging without any new policy announcements.