Chidambaram's intellect is at par with that of Rahul Gandhi: BJP

BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao criticised P Chidambaram for opposing CAA and said that Chidambaram considers himself a world-class intellectual, but by opposing CAA, he has made his level of intellect at par with that of Rahul Gandhi.

New Delhi: Taking a dig at former finance minister P Chidambaram for opposing Citizenship (Amendment) Act, BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao said here on Monday that by doing so Chidambaram has brought his level of intellect at par with that of Rahul Gandhi.

"Chidambaram considers himself a world-class intellectual, but by opposing CAA, he has made his level of intellect at par with that of Rahul Gandhi," said Rao while talking to media here on Monday.

• The only way out is for the PM to select five of his most articulate critics and have a televised Q and A session with them.
  
  Let the people listen to the discussion and reach their conclusions on CAA.
  
  I sincerely hope PM will respond favourably to this suggestion.

  — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) January 13, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  The only way out is for the PM to select five of his most articulate critics and have a televised Q and A session with them.
  
  Let the people listen to the discussion and reach their conclusions on CAA.
  
  I sincerely hope PM will respond favourably to this suggestion.

  — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) January 13, 2020

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  The only way out is for the PM to select five of his most articulate critics and have a televised Q and A session with them.
  
  Let the people listen to the discussion and reach their conclusions on CAA.
  
  I sincerely hope PM will respond favourably to this suggestion.

  — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) January 13, 2020

  
  

P Chidambaram on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have a televised Q and A session over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. The former union minister alleged that the Modi is reluctant to take questions over the Act, which has triggered widespread protests across the country.

• PM says that CAA is meant to give citizenship, not take it away. Many of us believe that CAA (in conjunction with NPR or NRC) will declare many persons as "non-citizens" and take away citizenship.

  — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) January 13, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  PM says that CAA is meant to give citizenship, not take it away. Many of us believe that CAA (in conjunction with NPR or NRC) will declare many persons as "non-citizens" and take away citizenship.

  — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) January 13, 2020

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  PM says that CAA is meant to give citizenship, not take it away. Many of us believe that CAA (in conjunction with NPR or NRC) will declare many persons as "non-citizens" and take away citizenship.

  — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) January 13, 2020

  
  

"Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and P Chidambaram are telling lies about CAA and are misleading people and country," Rao added.

"Those who are opposing CAA are speaking the language of Pakistan. When Pakistan is being exposed in the world for persecuting minorities, those opposing CAA are furthering Pakistan's point of view," he added.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.