BJP present documents over detention camps, attacks congress over the ongoing row

New Delhi : The BJP on Thursday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his liar jibe at the prime minister, dubbing him as “joothon ka sardar” (master of lies) and saying detention camps in Assam were set up when the Congress was in power both at the Centre and the state.

Presenting evidence at the press conference he read out the court judgement and said, “It is clearly mentioned that detention centers are setup as per the orders by the Ministry of Home affairs that is released on 23rd November 2009.”

In a tweet earlier in the day, the former Congress president had alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was lying to the country on the issue of detention camps in Assam.

BJP spokesperson Sambhit Patra alleged that after apologising to the Supreme Court on the Rafale issue, Rahul Gandhi is now spreading lies on the detention centres.

He asserted that Prime Minister Modi had only said that there is no such detention camp in which Muslims of India will be placed after NRC.

Addressing a press conference, Patra showed the official statement issued by the Congress-led UPA government in 2011 and ‘White Paper’ on the issue of foreigners published by the party-led government in Assam in 2012, and claimed that as per these documents, detention camps were established in the state.

“Rahul Gandhi is Joothon ka Sardar. The three detention centres were set up in Assam at the time when his party was in power both at the Centre and the state,” Patra said.