BJP Chief Amit Shah Speaks at Party Protest in Thiruvananthapuram: Highlights

Thiruvananthapuram: BJP president Amit Shah is speaking at his party's 'seige protest' outside the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, demanding the removal of Finance Minister KM Mani, over his alleged involvement in the bar bribery scam.

Here are the highlights of what he has said:

• When the UPA government was there, 12 lakh crores of public money was lost in scams.
• Here too, the Oommen Chandy government is a government of scams.
• And on the other hand, PM Modi is running a government which, even our opponents can't say, is involved in a single scam.
• The Narendra Modi government is a government which works for the poor of this country.
• The government in one year has been able to get bank accounts for 14 crore people.
• This Modi government is waging war against unemployment in this country.
• We have programmes for skill development and 'Make in India' to give employment to people in this country.