Cong. shows ‘Sheikh Chilli’ dreams to tribals, says Amit Shah

TIL Desk Bodeli/Devaliya/ Seeking to break the Congress’ hold on the tribal belt of eastern Gujarat ahead of the state Assembly polls, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday accused Congress of showing ‘Sheikh Chilli’ (unfulfilled) dreams to the tribals.

Shah, who visited the tribal-dominated Chhota Udaipur district to take part in the state BJP’s “vistarak” (expansion) drive, had lunch with a tribal family at Devaliya village as part of his tribal outreach. The drive is aimed at establishing direct contact with people ahead of the polls, due later this year.

During his interaction with a group of tribal leaders on the campus of the Swami Narayan temple in Bodeli, the BJP national chief hailed the ruling BJP in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for “bringing development to tribals in the last 22 years”.

Addressing the gathering, the BJP president said, “Congress has only shown you dreams…Dreams that are not realised are called Sheikh Chilli (a folk tale character) dreams”.

He said the Modi government at the Centre has launched as many as 106 programmes in the last three years and has worked for uplift of the poor “in tune with the ‘antyodaya’ (uplifting the weakest section) philosophy of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay”.