Modi government committed to change the system, says Amit Shah

New Delhi: Ahead of the Narendra Modi government celebrating its first anniversary on May 26, Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah said the government is committed to changing the system and there has not been any case of corruption against the government.

Speaking exclusively to Network18, Shah said, "A lot has happened in one year. Before this year, the entire country was being weighed down by corruption. There hasn't been one corruption charge against our government in the past one year. There was no development in the field of agriculture, industry and employment and the output was just negative and today it has all become positive. This government is committed to bring about change in the system."

While defending his government's Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, Shah hit out at the opposition for politicising developmental issues. The government failed to get the Land Bill passed in the Budget session of Parliament as it does not have the majority in Rajya Sabha.

"I believe that the Opposition has an equal role to play in the process of development and they should have supported the Land Bill but they did not. I have to say that we are not a majority in the Rajya Sabha but we are fully committed to take this bill forward and I'm sure the Center will work towards it. We will have to try and bring everyone behind the bill, everyone should get onto the same platform. There are several places to play politics but one shouldn't look at development as an opportunity to gain political mileage."

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has led the party's fight against the Land Bill both inside and outside Parliament and accused the government of being anti-farmer, anti-poor and pro-corporate.

Shah also made a pitch for transparency in the coal and spectrum allocations. Shah said, "We have got a chance to start afresh with coal allocations and spectrum allocations. Only 20 blocks have been allocated for coal extraction and we are expecting nearly Rs 2 lakh crore shortly and in the spectrum the government is expecting to receive Rs 1 lakh crore.