Rahul Gandhi is tourist politician, says Amit Shah in Wayanad

NEW DELHI: Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi for shifting his constituency to Wayanad after representing Amethi for 15 years, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Congress scion is just a "tourist politician".
Implying that Rahul Gandhi is not Wayanad's leader but a tourist, Shah said that people should not expect him to bring any development to Kerala as there was no development in Amethi even after 15 years.
"Wayanad is also the constituency of Rahul baba. He was representing Amethi for 15 years. Nothing changed there. Now he has come here," said Shah.
"I have never seen a tourist politician like Rahul baba. Sometimes he will be in Amethi, sometimes in Wayanad. He is here as a tourist. Don't expect any development from his side," the Union minister said.
Launching his attack on Congress, Shah said that people are vote banks and the government is just a money bank for the party.
"The UPA government was ruling for ten years. The people voted them to power for development. Instead, they engaged in corruption and scams worth Rs 12 lakh crore," Shah alleged.
"For the Congress and the Gandhi family, people are just a vote bank and government is a money bank," said the Union minister.

Shah, who arrived here from neighbouring Tamil Nadu, was addressing party workers at Meenangadi in Wayanad campaigning for the BJP-NDA candidate C K Janu, a tribal leader who is contesting from Sultan Bathery.
"If BJP candidates are voted, Wayanad will be made the most developed district in the country," he said.
'Communists and Congress are confused'
Attacking the Communists and the Congress, he said "they are confused."
He pointed out that in Kerala, they were rivals and fight against each other, while in West Bengal they are allies and embrace each other.

"I would like to ask the Congress and Communists if you are doing politics of ideology or politics of power. Congress and Communists begin with the letter 'C' and confusion also begin with the C."
"They are confused about their policies, leadership and ideology and this will not help the state in any manner. They need to merge and form a new party which can be called 'Comrade Congress Party," Shah said, lacing his speech with sarcasm.
(With inputs from PTI)