Questioning Congress silence during CAA discussion, Amit Shah asserts ‘It's time to defeat tukde tukde gang’

New Delhi, December 26: Placing India to a position where the international communities look upon the country as an emerging superpower, there are some who act as traitors pulling back the progress and dragging it backwards. With CAA being passed, the opposition took utmost advantage by reframing the actual gist of the act and misinforming the masses about the provisions of the act creating violence and nationwide protest over the act. The Union Minister Amit Shah on Thursday slammed the Opposition for creating confusion over the act and spoiling the atmosphere by misleading the people. Without taking name, Shah blamed the Congress party for provoking violence that erupted in the national capital during CAA-demonstrations last week.

Addressing an event organised by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Shah, in an apparent reference to the left leaning intellectuals opposing the amended citizenship law, said it was time to defeat the 'tukde tukde' gang. “People of Delhi must punish the tukde-tukde gang, which under the influence of Congress party created violence in the national capital,” he said. Continuing further, he said, “The opposition led by the Congress created confusion about the Citizenship Amendment Act. By misleading people on the CAA, the opposition spoiled the peaceful atmosphere of Delhi,”

 

“Recently, opposition politicians under the leadership of Congress spread rumours about the Citizenship Amendment Act. People came out on the roads and disturbed the peace and calm of Delhi. These politicians disturbed the peace of Delhi,” said Shah. Without naming anyone, Shah was referring to Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi's sit-in at India Gate against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

Further in his speech, Shah also questioned why the opposition parties kept silent on CAA when it was being discussed in Parliament adding that they started spreading rumours about the act as soon as the amendment was passed.

Exuding confidence about the performance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the national capital, he said time is up for the Kejriwal government in Delhi and 'lotus will bloom.' "Delhi, you gave (us) all seven BJP MPs, now time to give BJP MLAs (a chance) in the next polls for development of the national capital," Shah, who is also the BJP President, said.