Reaffirming the Congress party’s promise to repeal the sedition law if voted to power at the Centre, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath said the Sedition Act was an archaic law dating back to the British Raj and should have been scrapped long ago.

Releasing the Congress manifesto in Hindi in Bhopal on April 3, Kamal Nath said the sedition law was used against our freedom fighters, and should have been done away with a long time ago.

BJP has dubbed Congress' manifesto as “pro-terrorist and pro-separatist” because it promises to review Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts (AFSPA) and do away with sedition law. The manifesto also says the party is open to review the Article 370 if the Constitution which gives special powers to Jammu and Kashmir.

As a rejoinder to the BJP charge, Kamal Nath said, “The BJP should stop speaking about sedition and treason. This politics of jugglery will soon come to an end.”