Nadda dares Rahul to speak 10 lines on citizenship law

NEWDELHI: BJP working president J P Nadda on Friday accused Rahul Gandhi of misleading the country on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and dared the Congress leader to speak 10 sentences on the law.

At a programme organised by a Buddhist body in support of the CAA, Nadda said it is “unfortunate” for the country that some people “exhibit their wisdom” without understanding the issue so as to mislead the masses.

“The Congress is opposing the CAA. I dare Rahul Gandhi to speak 10 sentences on the law. He should tell us in two sentences what is his problem with the CAA.

“He is leading such a big party and has to decide for himself how he has to do it, but he should not mislead the country,” the BJP working president said.

The amendments in the citizenship law are meant to give citizenship to members of minority communities who have fled Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan due to religious persecution and taken refuge in India, he said.

The likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi had advocated giving citizenship to these persecuted minorities but the Congress does not have any leader now who can understand the issue, Nadda said.

“For the Congress and the Left, vote bank comes before the country. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country comes first and votes later,” he said.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has been attacking the central government on the amended citizenship law terming it “divisive” and “unconstitutional”.