Amit Shah said that the country will be governed strictly as per the constitutional structure if there is a government led by BJP’s Prime Ministerial nominee at the Centre.
Shah said that the “wrong perception” created by BJP’s political opponents will vanish from the mind of “Muslim brothers” and said , “The country should be run according to the Constitution. Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Modi makes no difference".
He asserted that there is “no contradiction” between the BJP model and Modi model of governance,and added that the Gujarat Chief Minister tried to solve the problems of the state as its head of government while the country has its own complex problems.
“It’s not that Modi’s model is different from that of the BJP,” he said and blamed it on the political rivals of Modi and a section of the media for creating a false perception about BJP’s PM pick.
“This wrong perception was broken in states where we formed a government. This will also break in the nation when our government comes. This perception will not break with small steps but from the governance we provide….When my party’s rule will come, this wrong impression will vanish from the mind of our Muslim brothers. “….Our government will run strictly under the parameters of the Constitution and will treat all citizens equally,” Shah said .
He also blamed BJP’s political opponents and a section of media for creating “wrong perceptions”, he said that there had been no communal riot in Modi-ruled Gujarat since 2003 and said,“This is a made up perception and no body should be held guilty merely on the allegations by the opponents,” .
On why Modi does not offer an apology for the 2002 post-Godhra riots, he said that he (Shah) has a different take on such matters and believes that the “drama of apology should be driven out of public life”. He clarified that somebody who is guilty must be punished and not merely be spared after seeking an apology. “What will happen by apology. Why those in public life should get this favour of being spared with an apology. Only the judgement by a court can clear someone,” he said.
Shah said that unlike in past when BJP could only tell people how differently it would work for them if voted to power, people can now compare the models of governance by it and Congress. BJP is leading stable governments in five-six states for quite some time. So the outline of the functioning of these governments is there. They also have before them the performance of the UPA. Today there are two models of governance before the country. One is of the BJP, the other is of Congress and UPA.
INDIA HONEST summarises how regular debates in this election have clarified many misconception and misgivings about Modi as well as on BJP, while it simultaneously exposed many of the so called secular leaders to their gloomy actual face, who had been destroying the pious relationship between the communities to satisfy their vote bank policy.