KARIMNAGAR: "Why debate with them? Debate with me," said AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday after Union home minister Amit Shah challenged opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi , Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav for a debate on the newly enacted Citizenship Amendment Act ( CAA ).Addressing a gathering in Karimnagar , the Lok Sabha MP said that he is ready for a debate on the CAA, the national population register (NPR) and the national register of citizens ( NRC )."You should debate with me. I am here. Why debate with them? The debate should be with a bearded man. I can debate with them on CAA, NPR and NRC," he said.Union home minister Amit Shah had on Tuesday attended a BJP party event in Lucknow where he said that the opposition is spreading rumours about the CAA."I have come to you for a Jan Jagaran Abhiyan in Lucknow. Our government is hardly 8 months old but we are conducting this campaign to dispell the falsities being spread by the opposition against CAA. I challenge Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav to engage in a debate on CAA," he said.