BackAmit Shah steps up political heat on Congress over CAA
Shah also took a dig at the Congress party for failing to expedite judgment on the Ayodhya caseThe home minister also hit out at the Congress for allegedly misleading people in the wake of the passage of CAA
PremiumNew Delhi: As protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) continued on Friday and parts of the country were kept under strict vigil, Union home minister Amit Shah stepped up the heat on the Congress party for “failing to secure the country."
Addressing a public meeting in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla, Shah also hit out at the Congress for allegedly misleading people in the wake of the passage of CAA. The country has witnessed violent clashes over the last two weeks over provisions of the Act.
“In this country every person of the minority community must be safe and it is our constitutional duty. But this did not happen in Bangladesh and Pakistan. On the basis of religion, people were persecuted. They came here in lakhs and urged us to give them citizenship because they had nowhere to go. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had the courage to grant them that and the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed," Shah said.
Shah also accused “Congress and Company" for spreading rumours that Muslims will lose citizenship. “I challenge Rahul Gandhi to point out one place in this whole Act which says that a person will lose his/her citizenship. Do not mislead people and break the peace in this nation," Shah added.
Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a dig at the home minister following his “understand the chronology" phrase in the wake of the passage of the law. "Understand the chronology... First they will promise you two crore jobs. Then they will form government. Then they will ruin your universities. Then they will destroy the country's Constitution. Then you will protest. Then they will call you a ‘fool’ but youngistan will not budge," she wrote on Twitter.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s attack comes as students clashed with police forces across the country and mobile internet restrictions continued in Uttar Pradesh. Police force conducted flag marches to deter protestors following Friday prayers.
Shah said “The Congress government ruled India for 10 years, Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh ran the government for 10 years and everyday Pakistan would send infiltrators through the borders and they would behead our security personnel and the Prime Minister would not utter a word."
“Borders were open and porous, and then Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government came, Pakistan thought it would be the same. But they did not know this government. They (Pakistan) attacked Uri and Pulwama, but this government conducted surgical and air strikes within 10 days and wiped out terrorists after entering Pakistan," Shah added.
On the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 in Kashmir, earlier this year, Shah said, “When PM Modi was brought back for the second term, on 5 August, he scrapped Article 370 and Kashmir is now the crown jewel of the country and the Indian flag has been hoisted in the Valley and it is a message to the world that it is an integral part of India."
Shah also took a dig at the Congress party for failing to expedite judgment on the Ayodhya case. “The Congress party had problems even when it came to the Ram Janmabhoomi case. They kept stalling it. But the Supreme Court has now delivered its judgment and there will be a sky-high temple in the place Lord Ram was born," he said.
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