Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused opposition parties of spreading misinformation about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and inciting communal riots.

He said people should come out and ask those fomenting trouble to explain which clause of the CAA would snatch citizenship of people.

Shah was addressing a big rally organised by the BJP at the Janata Maidan here in support of the CAA.

“Opposition parties are spreading misinformation that Muslims will lose their Indian citizenship because of the CAA. They are instigating people and fomenting riots,” he alleged.

He said no Indian Muslim would lose citizenship because of the new law.

“Lakhs of people belonging to minorities communities like Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Sikh have been suffering from religious persecution in neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan for the last 70 years since partition. They have lost their human rights. Earlier Congress leaders had promised citizenship to them during fifties. But they didn’t do anything in this regard. Narendra Modi took the step to protest them,” said Shah. He criticised Communist, Congress, SP, TMC and other opposition parties for “spreading misinformation”. 

Shah said the Modi Government at the Centre has addressed several intractable issues that had festered for 70 years, including repeal of provisions of Article 370 that gave a special status to Jammu and Kashmir and prevented its integration with the rest of the country.

He said constitution of Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Trust for establishment of a Ram Temple at Ayodha is another historic step taken by the Government.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Modi Government has a special love for Odisha, which would be developed as top State in coming days.