Ramji Gautam's counter-attack on Amit Shah's statement: "In BSP rule, goonda tax was abolished, and in BJP rule, the paper leak industry has been created."

Ramji Gautam, the sole BSP Rajya Sabha MP, has reacted sharply to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement in Noida, where he claimed that Uttar Pradesh was a 'crime industry', an 'industry of machetes and knives', and had cottage industries for vehicle theft and chain snatching during the BSP government. Ramji Gautam said that making statements without facts on the post he is holding as Home Minister reflects poorly on him.