Hindus can never be terrorists, says Amit Shah during Operation Sindoor debate in Rajya Sabha

Amit Shah

Reiterating that terrorism is nearing its ‘decline’ in India, Union Home Minister Amit Shah in his Rajya Sabha address on Wednsday said that Hindus “can never be terrorists”. Slamming Congress during the discussion on the Pahalgam massacre and Operation Sindoor, Shah said the Congress gave away a portion of Kashmir to Pakistan, but the Narendra Modi-led government will get it back.

“Congress party’s lenient policies and approach of appeasement allowed terrorism to grow and thrive in the country. Fortunately, we now have leadership that responds with decisive actions, deploying a BrahMos missile, rather than relying on mere dossiers,” he said.

Criticising former Union minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram for his assessment that there was no solid proof linking Pakistan to the terrorists who attacked tourists at Baisaran Valley on 22 April, the home minister said, “Chidambaram saheb yesterday said it cannot be said that Operation Sindoor was decisive. Chidambaram saheb is not here but I want to respond to him. I want to ask him whether the 1965 and 1971 wars were decisive. If they were decisive, then why did terrorism continue to spread?”

The home minister also brought up Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's 2008 statement about possibilities of an RSS link to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. "Our agencies have found the proof that the terrorists were from Pakistan. But during his (Chidambaram’s) tenure as home minister, Afzal Guru was not hanged… After the Mumbai terror attack, Digvijaya Singh said RSS had done it. Who are they trying to save? What are they trying to say?” Shah asked.

"Aur Hindu terror ka shigoofa kisne chhoda? (Who gave the false theory of Hindu teror?) Today I proudly declare to the world and the people of the country that a Hindu can never be a terrorist. Hindus can never be terrorists," said Shah around thw 40-munite mark of his address in the upper house.