Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Congress is doing what Pakistan has been doing as the Parliament passed the legislation to give "respect" to the members of minority communities who fled Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and were forced to live in India as refugees.

Speaking at a rally in Jharkhand's Dumka, Modi said, "To give respect to those (minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh) who fled to India & were forced to live as refugees, both houses of parliament passed the law."

Attacking the Congress over its stand, he added, "For the first time, Congress did the things Pakistan used to. What is more shameful than that? Does any Indian protest before an Indian embassy anywhere in the world?"

Accusing the Congress of creating a ruckus over the new law, Modi said, "Congress and their allies are creating a ruckus. They are doing arson because they did not get their way."

Those who are creating violence can be identified by their clothes itself, the Prime Minister said, without elaborating.

He went on to add, "Congress and their allies are giving silent support to what is happening. These scenes are strengthening the country's confidence that Modi, Parliament, and the government have saved the country by bringing the Act."

Several parts of the country have been witnessing violent protests after the new citizenship law was passed by the Parliament earlier this week.