Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said that while leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party speak about the Citizenship Amendment Act in other parts of the country, they do not have the courage to do so in Assam, PTI reported.
“They [BJP leaders] lack the courage to mention it [CAA] in the state and people of Assam should never allow them to even talk about it, let alone implement it,” she said. The Congress leader was addressing a public meeting in Lakhimpur city, during her two-day visit to poll-bound Assam, according to PTI.
Last month, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, while speaking at an election rally in Assam, had said that the citizenship law will not be implemented, “come what may”.
On January 24, Union Home Minister Amit Shah remained silent on the contentious matter while he was in the state on a campaign trail. However, weeks later, when Shah visited another poll-bound state West Bengal, he said that the law will be implemented after the…
