Rahul set out to unite country wearing foreign-brand T-shirt : Amit Shah

Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, saying he needs to study the country’s history first.

Referring to a parliament speech of the Congress leader, Shah said he has gone out on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ wearing a foreign brand T-shirt and a jersey.

Addressing the Rajasthan BJP’s booth functionaries, he also hit out at the state government over the murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal by Muslim extremists and the Karauli violence and alleged the Congress can only practice politics of vote bank and appeasement.

Taking aim at Gandhi, he said, “I want to remind Rahul baba and other Congress members about his speech given in Parliament. Rahul baba had said India is not a nation. Rahul baba, in which book have you read this? This is the nation for which lakhs and lakhs of people have sacrificed their lives.”

“The one who said India is not a nation is now on a yatra to unite India wearing foreign T-shirt,” he said, referring to the the BJP’s swipe at the Congress leader for wearing a Burberry T-shirt reportedly costing over Rs 41,000.

“Rahul Gandhi has gone to connect Bharat, but I think that he needs study Indian history,” Shah said.

He claimed the Congress cannot work for development. “It can only work for appeasement and vote bank politics.”