'Selling pakoras no shame, likening it to begging is', says Amit Shah in his 1st Rajya Sabha speech
Monday, 5 February 2018 () Selling pakoras is not a matter of shame, comparing one who does so to a beggar is, BJP chief Amit Shah said, taking a combative dig at Congress in his debut speech in the Rajya Sabha even as he told the opposition that he was going to be around for the next six years.
As the first speaker in a discussion in the Rajya Sabha, BJP party president Amit Shah took on the Congress saying there was nothing wrong in selling pakodas and that a chaiwalla’s son did succeed in becoming the prime minister of the country.
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"Making and selling pakodas is not shameful, but equating it with begging is certainly shameful," Shah said. Firstpost - PoliticsAlso reported by •IndiaTimes
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