Modi on Protests: Opposition Inciting Violence by Sharing Fake Videos, Indulging in Rumour Mongering

New Delhi (Sputnik): New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally on Sunday at the Ramlila Ground. This is Prime Minister Modi’s first election rally in Delhi after his massive second term win in general assembly elections earlier this year.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Sunday during the mega-rally in Delhi’s Ramlila Ground.

He asked the people present at the rally to “hail Parliament for passing the act”. He further stated that CAA will help the marginalised and slammed “some parties” for spreading lies and fake information about the legislation.

The prime minister pointed out that the government was not stripping anyone of their rights. 

He condemned the violence incited by some “parties and organisations” and said opposition leaders remained silent on the attacks on police personnel and damage to public property. 

Further talking about National Register of Citizens (NRC), Modi attacked opposition for spreading lies. 

This was good time to highlight Pakistan’s attack on minorities at international level, the prime minister says while commenting on the protests by untouchables against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

“Dalit (untouchables) families from Pakistan are coming to India and their condition is the worst in Pakistan. Hindu women are not safe. They are taken away and their religion is changed by force,” he says.  

Thousands of people have gathered at the Ramlila Ground for PM Narendra Modi’s mega rally that marks the beginning of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign for the Delhi Assembly elections. It is a little over a kilometre from Old Delhi’s Daryaganj, a region that was hit by violence during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act. 

​Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister Nityanand Rai, all seven members of Parliament from Delhi and the entire Delhi BJP leadership are present at the rally.

The mega rally has been organised by the ruling BJP on the issue of regularising unauthorised colonies in India’s capital, amid nationwide unrest over the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Residents lack official registration as living in these communities, which number over 1,700, An elaborate security arrangement was put in place for the rally.

Tight Security Arrangements

An intelligence report has warned that Pakistani terror groups could target Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sunday.

The  agencies have directed the security agencies to fully implement the “instruction contained in the Blue Book for the protection of the prime minister while making  security arrangements”.

According to a senior police official, 20 companies of outside force are deployed. Each company has 70-80 personnel.

Area sanitisation means the movement of locals has been restricted, shops are closed and security personnel have been deployed. Traffic police personnel are deployed along the route to be taken by the prime minister, the official said.

Sourse: sputniknews.com