Govt doing politics of divert and rule: Cong

The Congress on Tuesday hit back at the government in Rajya Sabha over the CAA and the NRC, saying it has created these "destructive" issues to divert attention from key challenges like economic slowdown, farm distress and unemployment.

"Triple Talaq, CAA, NPR issues are being talked about by you to divert attention on key issues of unemployment, black money, slow GDP growth.

"Your ideas or proposals are not constructive but destructive," Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said in a discussion on Motion of Thanks on the President's Address.

Azad also expressed the hope that the government would soon realise its "mistake" of bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories and bring a bill in this session to restore its statehood.

He was of the view that had the government brought constructive proposals, the opposition would have supported them all through.

As in Lok Sabha, the BJP on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on opposition parties specially Congress for their stance against the amended Citizenship Act saying they were trying to divide the nation.

Initiating the debate, senior BJP leader Bhupender Yadav accused the Congress and the Aam Adami Party of giving "moral support" to Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protest.

Azad retorted: "Shaheen Bagh is your creation. You want to run the government, and at the same time play role of opposition and come down on streets also to protest against all issues."