AAP, Cong inciting Muslims against citizenship law, instigating riots: Shah

The BJP sustained its attack on the AAP and the Congress over the amended citizenship act on Friday, with Home Minister Amit Shah accusing the two parties of "inciting Muslims" against the law and "instigating riots" in Delhi.

Shah also accused the Kejriwal government of not fulfilling its promises, and pledged to make Delhi the best capital city in the world if BJP is voted to power in assembly elections.

Claiming that one-third of people in Delhi were refugees from Pakistan, Shah slammed AAP and Congress for opposing the law, which seeks to grant citizenship to religious minorities escaping persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and who have come to India by December 31, 2014.

"They started inciting Muslims and instigated riots in Delhi. They are still saying we support Shaheen Bagh. Congress leaders visit Shaheen Bagh regularly," he said, referring to the anti-citizenship law protest in the area continuing for over a month.

On Thursday, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia said he stood with the people of Shaheen Bagh.

The BJP has been out of power in Delhi since 1998 and has been making attempts to dislodge AAP in the assembly elections scheduled for February 8. Shah has been leading the BJP campaign addressing back-to-back rallies in the national capital ahead of the assembly polls.

On Thursday, he addressed a rally in Matiala in west Delhi and hit out at the AAP, accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of speaking Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's language. Later that day, he took out a roadshow in Uttam Nagar and addressed another rally in Nangloi Jat.

On Friday, Shah addressed meetings in Karawal Nagar and Mustafabad in northeast Delhi.

He promised BJP will implement Ayushman Bharat scheme and PM Awas Yojana if voted to power in Delhi, a day after he accused the AAP government of stalling the Central health scheme.

"This fight is between those who do not fulfil their promises and those who do more than they promise," Shah said, accusing the AAP government of failing to fulfil its 2015 poll promises.

Talking about the outgoing government's free power and water supply schemes, he alleged, "People are getting bills of Rs 5,000-Rs 6,000 despite free consumption allowed up to 200 units per month. Kejriwal government is supplying the dirtiest water in the homes of Delhi."
"For 500 years, all Indians wanted a Ram temple in Ayodhya. But whenever the case came up for hearing Rahul baba and his lawyer Kapil Sibal obstructed it. Now, a towering, grand Ram temple will be constructed in Ayodhya in four months."