"People vividly recall misrule, corruption and non-governance under Congress: Amit Shah

"Even Congress has not accused the Modi government of pursuing a stepmotherly attitude towards its governments. I think BJP is on strog footing in all three states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh," says Home Minister and BJP stalwart Amit Shah in an interview to 'Times of India'.  

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"You are right. We were off the mark in Karnataka and lost heavily", he says. 

"....people in Karnataka are already regretting, they are traumatised by the complete non-performance of the Congress government. You will see the result of this betrayal soon. We will again sweep the Lok Sabha polls in the state". 

On why no anti-incumbency against BJP in Madhya Pradesh: 

"In politics, 1+1 does not always make 2. In Gujarat, we have been in office since 1995, whereas we came to office in MP in 2003. Yet, we have been the consistent winner in Gujarat. What is  of importance is not the length of the tenure, but what you do with it. In Madhya Pradesh, our work since 2003 speaks for itself".  

"Apart from the lack of attention on development, non-governance and corruption, people are also upset because of Congress’s politics of appeasement and its dangerous manifestations — be it the killing of Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan or Bhuneshwar Sahu in Chhattisgarh- by fanatics. People are conscious these days and can understand what is going on". 

"We don’t junk our playbook because of one defeat. BJP was known for losing elections. I was the national president when we lost Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan in 2018. That was just before Lok Sabha polls. Did we discard our style because of the setbacks? We have consistently focused on winnability as an important consideration".   

"In politics, there is no one template. You cannot be rigid.  We have seen many people moving from state politics to the central politics....if a senior party leader feels that he has had his fill of central politics and wants to move to his state, it is incumbent upon the party to consider their requests on merit".