BJP MP Tejasvi Surya In Lok Sabha, 'Mughal Rule Will Return If Majority Are Not Vigilant'

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said on Wednesday that the majority community has to remain vigilant or Mughal rule will return to the country, as he slammed the anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh. He was participating in the debate on Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in Lok Sabha.

Referring to the ongoing protest at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act, he said, "Unless majority community remains vigilant, the days of Mughal Raj may not be far away." His remarks evoked sharp reaction from the Opposition members.

Surya later tweeted, "Shaheen Bagh is a symbol of Islamic fanaticism in the garb of constitutional secularism. While the hollow opposition is indulging in lies and slander. Narendra Modi's government is moving forward with India's development story."

"Shaheen Bagh is symbol of Islamic fanaticism in garb of constitutional secularism"

While hollow opposition is indulging in lies & slander, Sh @narendramodi govt is moving forward with India's development story

My talk on President's Motion of Thanks: https://t.co/C7Un5FMQSi

— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) February 5, 2020

During his speech in Lok Sabha, Surya also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for resolving several critical issues which had been pending for several decades.

The CAA, he said, was aimed at resolving the issues emanating from Partition and added, "The new India cannot to built without healing the wounds of the past." He said that the CAA was about giving citizenship to persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Bangaladesh and Afghanistan and not for taking away anyone's citizenship.

Under the leadership of Modi, Surya said, several issues of the past have seen closure. These include abrogation of Article 370, construction of Ram temple, Bodo problems and abolition of Triple Talaq.