PM Modi asked the public not to be misled by the Congress, which he said had promised relief to persecuted minorities but had never done anything for them.
In an interview to The Logical Indian, AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi denied persecution of Hindus and other minority groups in Pakistan and other neighbouring Islamic nations
The proposed legislation applies to those who were forced to seek shelter in India due to persecution on the ground of religion. It aims to protect such people from proceedings of illegal migration.
The Bhola rape and violence incident that the Home Minister mentioned had occurred in 2001, just after the Bangladesh National Party under Begum Khalida Zia came to power.