The BJP on Friday accused the Congress of backtracking on its 'rajdharma' as it said opposition leaders, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh, had sought citizenship for persecuted minorities from neighbouring countries but the Congress is now inciting people against the CAA.
BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit back at the Congress a day after its delegation led by party president Sonia Gandhi urged President Ram Nath Kovind to seek Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation for "abdication of duty" during the communal violence in northeast Delhi.
The opposition party also asked Kovind to push the Modi government to follow its 'rajdharma'.
Prasad alleged that the communal violence was an outcome of "instigation" and provocative remarks made by opposition leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP office here, Prasad said Shah was very proactive from the very first day of the violence to stop it.
Asked about the controversial remarks made by BJP leaders like Kapil Mishra and Pravesh Verma, he said the party doesn't approve of their statements.
Hitting out at Sonia Gandhi, he said, "Sonia Gandhi ji, please don't preach us 'rajdharma'. Your record is full of its violation and twists and turns for plain and simple vote bank politics."