“ Shah has created fear about India becoming a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ ”
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot made news recently with his vocal opposition to the BJP leadership. On December 22, he led a 300,000-strong march in Jaipur to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. On December 11, Gehlot took on Union home minister Amit Shah, who, during a discussion on the CAA in the Rajya Sabha, had implied that Gehlot had himself sought citizenship especially for Hindus and Sikhs who had migrated into Rajasthan from Pakistan. Accusing Shah of ‘misleading the country’, Gehlot said there were refugees from only those two faiths in that instance—and had there been others, he’d have recommended citizenship for them too.
On December 16, he completed 11 years as chief minister of Rajasthan (1998-2003, 2008-2013 and Rohit Parihar
