Home MInister Amit Shah said, "Rahul Gandhi is deceiving people by telling baseless lies. The Bharatiya Janata Party has been in power in this country for 10 years, forming a government with full majority both times. If the BJP intended to abolish reservations, it would have done so already. Narendra Modi has assured all Dalits, backward classes, and tribal sisters and brothers across the nation that as long as the BJP is in power, no one will touch reservations.”
On Page 8 of its 'Nyay Patra', the Congress party had declared [pdf] to give a 'fair share' of opportunities to minority communities in public work contracts.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi and sought time from him to explain in person the party's 'Nyay Patra'.
Sharma further stated that the paper he gave to the media contained references to the audio messages in the pen drive, saying that the audio was phone conversations between Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Late MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma, and Sanjay Jain. He added that he was asked by former CM Gehlot himself to circulate them in the media.