J P Nadda dares Rahul Gandhi to speak two lines on his objection to CAA

Nadda said this while addressing a meeting of the booth level workers of the party in Assam on Saturday.

“They (Congress) are saying that passport will be demanded, Adhar card will be demanded etc. This is ignorance about CAA. We are giving citizenship and not taking away someone’s citizenship through CAA,” said Nadda.

“The CAA is only giving citizenship to those who are already here during the tenure of Congress. CAA is not bringing any new people. We are only allowing those people (who are already here) to live with dignity,” he said.

“You (Rahul Gandhi) are biased. For you, votes are above the country but for our country is above the votes and politics,” Nadda said attacking the former Congress president.

The veteran BJP leader said that there were 50,000 Sikhs in Afghanistan before. “Now there are only 2000 Sikhs in Afghanistan. The Hindus were 23 per cent of of population in Pakistan but now there are only 3 per cent Hindus in that country. So where have these 20 per cent gone? Hindus constituted 23 per cent of Bangladesh's population but now there are only 3 per cent Hindus left. Where have they gone?” Nadda pointed out saying that the CAA will only be allowing these people to live with dignity.

Nadda also justified the CAA, saying that Mahatma Gandhi had stated that those finding it difficult to live in Pakistan were welcome in India and the government of India will arrange for them to live in dignity. “Jawaharlal Nehru had also stated that it is the responsibility of the Indian government to allocate relief fund for those who were persecuted in Pakistan,” he added.

Nadda also congratulated the booth level presidents and workers of the saffron party and said that it is only the BJP which follows an ideal and wants to change the nation for betterment following an ideology.

“There are 2,300 political parties in India and out of this 54 are regional parties recognized by Election Commission of India and 7 are recognized as national political parties. However, interestingly, all the regional parties have become dynastic and they do not follow any ideals,” he pointed out.

“Except for the Communist Party and the BJP, all other national parties have also become dynastic. If one becomes a BJP member by choice or by accident or by circumstance or by ideology, they must thank God because of getting an opportunity to attach with an party with ideologies to serve the country,” he added.