Protest as Much as You Want, CAA Will Not be Withdrawn: Amit Shah

(Pramit Pramathes) Reporters Today: Attacking the opposition for “misleading” people on the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union Home Minister and former BJP chief Amit Shah today said the law will not be scrapped despite the protests over it. Addressing a rally here in support of the CAA, Amit also declared that the construction of a Ram temple touching the skies in Ayodhya will begin within three months.

The former BJP chief accused the Congress of not implementing the suggestions that came from its own leaders in the past on granting citizenship to minority Hindus in Pakistan, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) and Afghanistan after Partition. He also targeted West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, saying she is now opposing Indian citizenship for Dalit Bengalis.

At the same meeting, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleged that the Congress is shelling out money for arson and protests over the CAA. Amit Shah said there is no provision in the amended law for taking anyone’s citizenship away. A canard is being spread against the CAA by the Congress, SP, BSP, and Trinamool Congress. The CAA is a law to grant citizenship, he added.