Lucknow: Launching a scathing attack on Congress, BJP President Amit Shah on Monday said that we used to hear about new scams every month under the UPA government but the NDA delivered a scam-free stable government. 


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"There is not a single case of corruption Modi government in three years, even our opponents failed to find any single charge of corruption against us. We have given a stable government. However, in UPA rule every minister believed themselves to be the Prime Minister of India. No one considered Manmohan Singh as PM,"Shah took a dig at Congress. 


Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Lucknow showered praise on Modi government over the surgical strike, demonetization and GST Bill. He asserted that in the past three years, the BJP government has done a lot for the welfare of this nation and is committed fully towards the welfare of poor and backward section. 


The BJP chief was also confident of party's thumping victory in 2019 general elections saying, "We will win 2019 general election even with the bigger mandate because of development, good governance."


On being asked about Nitish Kumar's decision to snap ties with RJD and Congress in Bihar, Shah said,"We did not break any mahagathbandhan'. It was Nitish Kumar's decision against corruption."


The BJP chief also refuted Congress’s allegations that its MLAs were being poached by ruling BJP ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat. "Why have they been made prisoners? It seems Congress does not trust its MLAs," Amit Shah hit out at the grand old party. 


Reacting over deteriorating law and order in Uttar Pradesh, Shah stated," The police and administration that has been politicised in so many years will take some time to improve. (Jo Police aur prashasan ka itne saalon mein rajneetikaran hua hai use sudhaarne mein thoda time lagega)."