PAONTA SAHIB: New ST Hatti community of Giri Par region of Sirmaur greeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Sataun with a slogan “Jai Hatti, Jai Maati” as soon as he reached the stage to set the election pitch among Sirmauris on Saturday in the presence of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and other BJP leaders.
Addressing what the BJP had billed as "Hatti Abhaar rally on the heels of Hattis getting the ST status from the Modi government ahead of state Vidhan Sabha Polls, Amit Shah said he has seen the enthusiasm of the people of Himachal during the Narendra Modi rally on TV, but “today I have seen this enthusiasm with my own eyes”.
“I came to know the real feeling of what was the pain of the people here”, he remarked.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the 55-year-old demand in one stroke and gave tribal status to Hatti, Shah said “This is possible only because of strong will power”.
He said this decision has benefited 359 villages of Sirmaur and 25 of your generations will take advantage of this decision.
Shah claimed Hatti has got three types of reservation. Hatti will get reservation in all fields, education, political and government jobs, he added.
Shah praised Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur saying that he also completed the work he was after. “For this work, he met me 25 times” he added.
Talking about the Giri Par region, Shah said “a brother on one side of the mountain was not getting ST status, while a brother on the other side was considered tribal referring to the Jaunsar Bawar region of Uttarakhand, who enjoy the ST status over the decades.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on the long pending demand and people got tribal status, giving a jolt to the opposition, Shah said.
“The time of Rajas, Maharajas and Ranis is gone and there is no king in the folk system as well”, Shah asserted.
Shah said after 50 years, Rivaj (custom) of change of power in Himachal, will change this time.
Shah said BJP slogan from today is “Ek Baar BJP, Baar Baar BJP”.
He said Amit Shah would not get rest without setting the Congress on fire.
Shah said Congress started telling the Dalits that their reservation will go away. “But I write with my pen that the status of Dalit is 100% safe”, he asserted.
Shah charged job of Congress is only to set fire issues.
“This reservation is only a benefit, it has no disadvantages, nothing will go out for scheduled castes”.
Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi only believes in development, where as Congress believes in starting fire.
BJP has changed the customs on the other side of the hill in Uttarakhand. “We have won more than 2/3 majority and we will change the customs in Himachal also”.
Shah said that both “Hari Topi and Lal Topi” belong to BJP, we have changed this custom also, referring to the “Hari topi” trade mark of former Chief Minister late Virbhadra Singh.
“I guarantee that the Congress leaders will have to find binoculars on the day of the result”, Shah claimed.
“Let us take a pledge to end the politics of Parivaad( familyism)”, he said.
Shah said that no religious place was developed in 75 years. Modi government built Ram temple after 500 years, he added.
The temple of Kashi Vishwanath was demolished by Aurangzeb and rebuilt by Modi in a grand manner, he said.
Talking about Jammu and Kashmir, Shah asked, “Why do Congress keep silent on Article 370? Because it is the gift of Jawaharlal Nehru, which Modi uprooted”.
Modi renamed Raj Path as Kartvya Path.
With Rajiv Bindal pushing a button, Amit Shah and BJP representatives launched the theme song of the BJP election campaign with several slogans from the rally ground.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, BJP State President Suresh Kashyap, National Vice President Saudan Singh, In-charge Avinash Rai Khanna, Co-in-Charge Sanjay Tandon, Co-Election In-charge Devinder Singh Rana, President Baldev Tomar, General Secretary Trilok Jamwal, MLA Reena Kashyap, Minister Rajiv Sehjal, And Sukhram Chaudhary was also present.
