Urging voters to bid a ‘permanent’ electoral farewell to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, Union Minister Amit Shah on April 26 used a famous Urdu couplet of Fidvi Lahori and appealed to people in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh to defeat him by a record margin. He called upon voters in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh to give a huge victory to the BJP candidate Rodmal Nagar. Addressing the public meeting, Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Now, it is the time to bid a permanent farewell to him (Digvijaya Singh) from politics, but I have a request to you all that do his permanent farewell, but- Aashiq Ka Janaza Hai Zara Jhoom Ke Nikle... and for this, you have to ensure his defeat with a huge margin of votes. People of Rajgarh should make him sit at home.”

On a day the Supreme Court upheld the abrogation of special status to Jammu & Kashmir, home minister Amit Shah escalated the attack on first PM Jawaharlal Nehru for having erred by delaying J&K’s accession to India, declaring an untimely ceasefire during the 1947 war with Pakistan when Indian Army was close to getting control of entire Kashmir, and taking the issue to the United Nations. Menawhile Rajya Sabha saw a heated debate between Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on December 11 over Kashmir issue and former PM Jawahar Lal Nehru.