Cong misleading people on CAA: Amit Shah at Shimla rally

Janjivan Bureau / Shimla : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said no one would be stripped of their citizenship due to the new citizenship act and accused the Congress of spreading rumours. Addressing a public rally here to mark the second anniversary of the BJP government led by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Shah, in his half-hour address, defended the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
“No one will be stripped of their citizenship.
“The Congress and company are spreading rumours that the citizenship of the minorities will be taken away with the Citizenship Amendment Act.
“I challenge Rahul ”baba” to show even one clause in the Act that has provision to take away citizenship of anyone,” he said, even as anti-CAA protests continued in New Delhi.
Shah listed the scrapping of Article 370 and the Supreme Court decision that the paved way for the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya among the achievements of the BJP government at the Centre.
“Dev Bhoomi is also called veer bhumi as soldiers of Himachal have sacrificed their lives for the nation and have received four Param Vir Chakras,” said Shah.
Taking a jibe at senior Congress leaders, he said: “The Congress ruled for 10 years. Sonia Gandhi-Manmohan Singh”s government was in power. ”Pakistan se har roz aalia-malia-jamalia ghus jaate the, hamare jawanon ke sar kaat ke le jaate the, aur desh ke Pradhan Mantri ke muh se uff nahi nikalta tha (Every day an ”Aalia-Malia-Jamalia” from Pakistan used to cross over, behead our soldiers and the country”s Prime Minister wouldn”t say a word).”
“They had left the border open. When Narendra Modi came to power, Pakistan thought things would continue like this. They didn”t realise that this is no Congress government…this is the BJP government. Mauni baba (silent) Manmohan Singh was not PM anymore, Narendra Modi, of the 56-inch chest, had become Prime Minister.
“They (Pakistan) made blunders by attacking Uri, Pulwama. But the Modi government showed them, by carrying out the surgical strike, air strike. We entered their home and attacked terrorists operating there,” the Home Minister said.
He said that Rs 35,000 crores had been deposited in the accounts of army retirees under the one rank one pension scheme.
Shah said: “Narendra Modi with his 56-inch chest is a PM who knows how to give a befitting reply to terrorists.”
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and BJP working president J P Nadda were also present at the rally.
Shah congratulated Thakur for ensuring “groundbreaking” projects worth Rs 13,500 crore in less than two months of an investor meeting in the state.
“Modi gave AIIMS and an NDRF battalion to the state, besides 69 national highways and the DPRs of 58 national highways have been prepared,” said Shah.
Thakur presented a report card of two years of BJP government and also said that he supported CAA, calling it a “big move for the rehabilitation of minorities living in atrocities”.
He said Himachal was the first state to give an LPG connection to all the families—2,64,115 connections were granted under Grihini Suvidha Yojna. He said problems of 45,000 people were resolved at the doorstep under the Jan Mancha.
BJP”s working President Jagat Prakash Nadda, who is a former state minister, said Shah was instrumental in making the dream of crores of India true by abrogating Article 370 and also bringing several acts and laws to ensure safety and security of the nation.
The BJP government in the state was ensuring balanced development with special focus on those areas which have been neglected so far, he said, adding that an AIIMS and three medical colleges were sanctioned to the state by the Central government.
Chief Minister Thakur said that two years of the government have been full of good governance, innovation, people”s faith, progress and development.