Amid country-wide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said no one would be stripped of their citizenship and accused the Congress of spreading rumours.
Addressing a public rally here to mark the the second anniversary of the BJP Government led by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur in Himachal Pradesh, Shah in his half-hour address defended the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
"No one will be stripped of their citizenship," he said.
The Home Minister said 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," said Shah.
He said under this Act there was no provision to take away the citizenship of anyone, even belonging to a minority community.
"This Act has a provision to give citizenship to the those belonging to the minority who came from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan," Shah said.