MANGALURU: Defence minister Rajnath Singh asserted on Monday that not a single Muslim in India would be thrown out of the country due to the proposed National Register of Citizens and that the Bharatiya Janata Party would throw its might behind the community if a single member of this community feels persecuted by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. This is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s motto of “Sab Ka Saath, Sab Ka Vikas aur Sab Ka Vishwas”, he added at a pro-CAA rally here on Monday.Assailing Congress for spreading fear among Muslims regarding a law that both Houses of Parliament debated and passed, Rajnath addressed the mammoth rally organised by the BJP district unit here. He said BJP has merely fulfilled a wish that Mahatma Gandh had directed Congress to do post-Independence. This was also in the resolution adopted by the Congress Working Committee on November 25, 1947, he said.Asking the crowd if government discriminated based on religion in implementing its various flagship programmes such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and Ayushman Bharat or in providing various infrastructure works, Rajnath wondered how the same government could discriminate with CAA. “How can the opposition accuse us of being discriminatory with this step their leaders wanted?” he asked.Reminding Congress that it implemented the NRC based on a Supreme Court directive, Rajnath said, “NRC naam ki chidiya hum (BJP) logon ne nahin laya tha!” CAA is a balm the government is using to apply to the souls of persecuted minorities from India’s theocratically ruled neighbours and is not to hurt any Indian citizen, he said, adding that Congress, seeped in hatred for the ruling government, can’t see anything good it does.Noting that there is a concerted attempt on the part of Congress to drive a wedge between Hindus and Muslims using the CAA, Rajnath said it wouldn’t be surprising if foreign powers were behind it. The former BJP national chief exhorted the party’s rank and file to explain to Muslims that their citizenship was not under threat and they would continue to enjoy their rights as any other citizen.Rajnath said the opposition should not forget the “national dharma”. Let the opposition question the continuing persecution of minorities in neighbouring Pakistan, he said. While CAA is only to accommodate persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the majority of whom are Dalits, why should anyone have any objection to it, he asked.Noting that as home minister in the Modi government’s first innings he had given citizenship to over 600 Muslims, including Pakistani singer Adnan Sami , Rajnath said Muslims from India’s theocratic neighbours wanting to become Indian citizens are still able to do so under CAA provisions. Even with the NPR that Congress introduced in 2010, no one will be forced to give their personal details, such as their father’s name or date of birth, he said.