India, March 8 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said it was the Congress's "politics of appeasement" that denied citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and Jain refugees.

He said that the Narendra Modi Government will grant Indian citizenship to these refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, irrespective of the Congress's opposition.

Shah made the remarks while addressing the 'Jan Jan Ki Sarkar, Chaar Saal Bemisal' programme held at Bairagi Camp here to mark four years of Pushkar Singh Dhami's Government in the State. "I want to say that Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and Jain refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan have as much right to this country as Narendra Modi," Shah said.

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