Ten takeaways from Narendra Modi's speech

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Amid the countrywide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed a huge gathering at the Ramlila Maidan here, flaying the opposition parties for their alleged hypocrisy in opposing the new citizenship law.Here are 10 key points from the Prime Minister's speech:* Opposition and Urban Naxals are behind the violence in the name of anti-CAA protests.* A rumour is being spread that all Mulsims will be sent to detention centres. It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie.* Unity in diversity is India's speciality* CAA doesn't apply to any Indians, be it Hindus or Muslims.* Burn effigies of Modi as much as you wish, but don't burn public properties or vehicles of the poor people.* I request you not to harm the cops. When they help you, they don't do it depending on your religion.* Today Mamata (Banerjee) Didi has reached the UN directly from Kolkata. But until a few years ago, this same Mamta Didi was pleading to stop infiltrators from Bangladesh.* The Congress is upset and desperate at the fact that the governmnet under me is being respected by all prominent Muslim majority nations. Hence, they are dividing the country.* Boundaries of more than 1,700 colonies in Delhi have been identified in a very short time. Maps of more than 1,200 colonies have also been placed on the portal. Keeping problems unsolved is not our way.* When we legalised hundreds of colonies in Delhi, did we ask what is your religion or which party do you support?
--IANS abn/arm