New Delhi: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for claiming his government never discussed the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Congress on Monday alleged that the BJP is trying to fool the country.
The BJP in its Jharkhand assembly election manifesto has claimed it will implement the NRC and Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said it will be implemented across the country, but the prime minister is now claiming just the opposite, the Congress said.
“Welcome to the conversation PM Modi, the country has been waiting for you. It’s sad that the first time you’ve addressed the growing unrest in our nation you do so with hate & lies, but alas, what more can we expect from the Divider in Chief,” the opposition party said on Twitter.
In a rally here on Sunday, Modi sought to allay apprehensions, especially among Muslims, on the NRC, saying his government has never discussed it since coming to power for the first time in 2014.
It has been discussed neither in Parliament nor in the Cabinet, the prime minister had said.
“Saheb speaks in Delhi that there was no discussion on NRC, but in the Jharkhand election manifesto on November 28, the BJP promised to implement the NRC.
“Now tell two things – No harmony between PM and Home Minister? Is there a rift between power and organisation?. Or together they are making a fool of the country,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said. (PTI)
