Bhubaneswar, March 14 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday slammed the Opposition Congress by accusing its leaders of doing appeasement politics while stating that the Centre will not roll back the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

In an interview with ANI's Smita Prakash, Shah said, "CAA law will never be taken back. It is our sovereign right to ensure Indian citizenship in our country, we will never compromise on it."

"All opposition parties including Owaisi, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee are doing politics of lies. There is no question of timing. BJP said in its manifesto in 2019 that it would bring CAA and give citizenship to refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan...In 2019, it was passed by Parli...