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BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday accused Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of lying about the SC/ST Act ‘to incite hatred in society’.
Shah, who is on a tour of Odisha, posted a short video on micro-blogging site Twitter, in which Gandhi is heard telling people in a rally that “SC/ST act has been scrapped” among other things.
Along with the video, Shah wrote, “Lies and only Lies! See how Rahul Gandhi fictitiously revokes the SC/ST Act to incite hatred in society.”
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Lies and only Lies!
See how @RahulGandhi fictitiously revokes the SC/ST Act to incite hatred in society. pic.twitter.com/4vcnM0zltM
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 5, 2018
“Lies and only Lies! See how Rahul Gandhi fictitiously revokes the SC/ST Act to incite hatred in society,” says Shah’s tweet.
On Monday, Gandhi had taken a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party in the wake of the ‘Bharat bandh’ called by several Dalit organisations to protest against the alleged dilution of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The Congress leader has taken to Twitter and wrote that keeping Dalits on lowest priority in society is in the DNA of the RSS and the BJP. Dalits have taken to streets today to demand protection of their rights from the Narendra Modi-led government. He added that, “we salute the spirit” of people who have taken to the streets.
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court on the Act, which, several Dalit groups say, has diluted the law, had triggered protests with the opposition parties accusing the government of not doing enough.
The government has moved the apex court seeking a review of its March 20 judgment on the Act, while the BJP has charged the opposition with playing politics over the sensitive issue.
At least 11 persons were killed in the violent protests during ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by Dalit groups on Monday against the court’s ruling.
(With agency inputs)
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