G V L Narasimha Rao (file photo)

NEW DELHI: On a day when the BJP brass, including home minister Amit Shah and working president JP Nadda, held public rallies in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act, the party dug out more evidence to expose what it called Congress’s “double standards” over the new citizenship law and announced an extensive campaign to dispel ‘misplaced’ criticism.

BJP MP and spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao accused Congress of indulging in “politics of duplicity and expedience” over CAA. He cited the opposition party’s 2018 Rajasthan assembly election manifesto that promised all-round development to refugees from Pakistan, including grant of citizenship and rehabilitation.

“I have in my hand the manifesto of Congress for the Rajasthan assembly elections 2018. Item number 27 of this manifesto relates to governance. They claim citizenship rights in this and there is a promise about which they are lying today,” he said. “Rahul Gandhi was then Congress president,” he added.

He also recalled that in his previous tenure as CM, Ashok Gehlot had written to the then PM Manmohan Singh , seeking citizenship for Hindus and Sikhs displaced from Pakistan. BJP’s Anil Jain said on January 5, as many as 42 BJP functionaries, including the party chief, will take part in “Ghar Ghar Sampark Abhiyan”.

