‘No one’s turn is going to come for 15-20 years’, when Amit Shah took a dig at the opposition in Rajya Sabha

Union Home Minister Amit Shah responded to the discussion in Rajya Sabha on the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024. He said that some members raised the question that what is the need for amendment. I want to tell them that if a building is not repaired in time, it collapses. Taking a dig at the opposition, Shah said that they think that maybe they will come and change it but no one’s turn will come for the next 15-20 years. Whatever has to be done, we have to do it. Shah said that the Disaster Management Act was implemented for the first time in 2005. Under this, NDMA, SDMA and DDMA were formed. Now concerns are being raised that power will be centralized. If you read the entire bill carefully, the biggest responsibility of implementation is of the District Disaster Management which is under the state government. Therefore, there is no possibility of harming the federal structure anywhere. Shah claimed that no state will get less help. In Rajya Sabha, Amit Shah said that disaster is directly related to climate change. He said that planning is expected at the local level as well. He also said that disaster management is a subject of both the Centre and the states. He said that we all have to accept that the changes that have taken place in the field of disaster management in the last 10 years have made us emerge as not only a national but also a regional and global power. This bill is to maintain India’s success story for a long time. No one should misunderstand me, I am not telling the success story of the government, but the success story of India.