New Delhi, July 10 -- Congress general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Friday accused union Home Minister Amit Shah of misleading the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) over the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), alleging that the Narendra Modi government has systematically used the law to target civil society organisations and minority-run institutions.

In a statement posted on social media platform X, Venugopal claimed that Shah was "wrongly deflecting blame" to conceal the Centre's role in what he described as the "weaponisation" of FCRA provisions.

"In typical BJP fashion, HM Amit Shah has lied to the CBCI about FCRA and is wrongly deflecting blame to hide his government's culpability in weaponising the ...