During his questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the Congress-led UPA government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that he was being pressured by the agency to falsely implicate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a purported fake encounter case that had taken place in Gujarat. On Wednesday, Amit Shah gave a speech at the news channel stating that Sohrabuddin Sheikh encountered a lawsuit filed against him during his tenure as the Gujarat home minister. 

He was asked about the allegations made by the opposition that the current government under Narendra Modi is “misusing” central agencies to target them. Shah addressed Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a criminal defamation case by a court in Surat and stated that the court’s verdict resulted in the Congress leader losing membership in the legislature. He further noted that other politicians had faced similar consequences of being convicted and losing their membership.

“I will explain how I have been a victim of agencies being misused. The Congress did not file a corruption case against him. As the minister of Gujarat, I was involved in an encounter, and as a result, the CBI arrested me and filed a case against me,” Shah said at the event. Shah claimed that throughout the interrogation, they instructed him to provide them with Modi’s name. 

He further stated that Veer Savarkar, the only freedom fighter who had been sentenced to two life terms in Andaman prison, when asked about Rahul’s comment on him. Shah said that using such language for a freedom fighter was inappropriate and suggested that Rahul Gandhi should read his grandmother’s speech on Savarkar. He also mentioned that members of Rahul’s own party were advising him to avoid speaking against Savarkar.

In the Karnataka elections, Shah confidently stated that the BJP would surpass the halfway mark in the upcoming Karnataka assembly election 2023 and establish a government with a decisive majority in the state. Shah declared that the BJP would secure an absolute majority in Karnataka and form the government without any alliance. He stated that they would surpass the halfway mark and achieve a record mandate.