Shivraj equates Modi to God, asks Gehlot to step down

BJP national vice president and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan equated Modi to God for giving a new lease of life to minorities from Pakistan. He said that all the states would have to implement CAA and none can refuse to do it. Chauhan also said that discussions about NRC are going on and suggestions have been sought. This comes a day after the prime minister stated that there have been no discussions on this NRC and it was implemented in Assam on the orders of the Supreme Court.

Chauhan also equated Modi to God for giving a new lease of life to persecuted minorities. “They lived in an environment of fear and instability and said that they would rather die than go back to Pakistan. Modi has come like God to them and given them a new lease of life,” he said. Chauhan was addressing a meeting of eminent citizens at the state BJP office in Jaipur on Monday.

He told the audience, “No bill has been put up before the Parliament for NRC, nor has an act been drafted. NRC will

also be implemented, but after detailed discussions.”

Chauhan arrived in Rajasthan a day after CM Ashok Gehlot announced at a well attended rally that CAA and NRC would not be implemented in the state. Coming down heavily on Gehlot, Chauhan said “Gehlot is on a constitutional post and is taking out rallies to oppose the act. No state can refuse to implement a law that has been passed by both the houses of the parliament.

If he does not implement it, there are other options before us. He should step down from his constitutional post if he wants to oppose,” said Chauhan. When asked about the impact of CAA on the Jharkhand Assembly elections, he said that state elections are fought on different issues and rejected that the Jharkhand elections was a litmus test for the act. He also accused the Congress of trying to create confusion.