What Is The Meaning Of Such Challenges: Chidambaram Hits Back At PM On Citizenship Issue

TPI Staff December 18, 2019

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Mumbai: Former finance minister and Congress senior leader P Chidambaram replied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Pakistan citizenship jibe at the main opposition party.

He was responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s challenge to publicly declare to the opposition that he was ready to grant Indian citizenship to all Pakistanis.

“Why should we give citizenship to people who are already citizens of Pakistan? What is the meaning of such challenges to the Opposition,” he asked

“It is gratifying that students and the young generation are liberal, secular, tolerant and exhibit humanism. Is the government challenging these values,” the Congress leader also asked.

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At a poll rally in Jharkhand, Modi had said, “I give an open challenge to the Congress and its friends from this land of the brave … If they have courage, let them openly announce that they are ready to give Indian citizenship to all Pakistanis.

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