As the country seethes under mounting pressure from anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act public protests, the BJP has thrown the ball back into the Congress' court by claiming that former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh had endorsed a liberal citizenship law 16 years ago.
BJP on Thursday tweeted a video from a Rajya Sabha session dating back to 2003 where Singh can be heard making an earnest plea for a lenient Citizenship Act. 'In 2003, speaking in Rajya Sabha, Dr Manmohan Singh, then Leader of Opposition, asked for a liberal approach to granting citizenship to minorities, who are facing persecution, in neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh and Pakistan. Citizenship Amendment Act does just that...' said the BJP tweet.
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