Amit Shah Criticizes Congress Over Repeal of POTA, Questions Party's Intentions

By A Staff Reporter

New Delhi – Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday launched a sharp critique against the Congress party over its 2004 decision to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), originally introduced by the NDA government under former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002.

Speaking in Parliament, Shah recalled the legislative history of POTA and questioned the Congress party’s opposition to it. “In 2002, Atal ji's NDA government had brought POTA (The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002). Who objected to the POTA then? It was the Congress party,” he said.

He further stated, “After coming to power in 2004, the Sonia Gandhi-Manmohan Singh government scrapped the POTA law. For whose benefit did Congress scrap POTA?”