Himanta Biswa Sarma lauds Prime Minister on NRC, Citizenship Bill

Himanta Biswa Sarma lauds Prime Minister on NRC, Citizenship Bill

NEW DELHI: Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday showered praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making NRC update and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 really happen.

Speaking at the BJP National Convention at Ramlila Maidan here, Sarma said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi started the NRC when people demanded identity along with development. That’s why the BJP or its allies are ruling in the eight northeastern States.”

Sarma lauded Modi for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said that the Prime Minister took a decision that the indigenous Assamese should get protection.

“If this Clause 6 is implemented, Assam will become a fort against illegal Bangladeshis,” Sarma said

He called Congress president Rahul Gandhi ‘Gabbar Singh’ and accused the party of standing with Pakistan, saying they were traitors. Sarma said: “The GST is not ‘Gabbar Singh’, but Rahul Gandhi is.”

He alleged that the Congress chief wants to loot the poor and want to snatch their rights.

Hitting out at the party, Sarma said: “They’re raking up the issue of Rafale fighter jets. Even the children of the country know that the Indian Air Force needs the Rafale. It is in the country’s interest. But they stand with Pakistan. They know if Rafale comes to India then it (Pakistan) cannot defeat India in air warfare.”

“They are traitors. They are (Mughal emperor) Babur,” he said, with crowd chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. (IANS)

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