Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the Congress during its rule had reduced the Ministry of Minority Affairs to the "Muslim Affairs Ministry" and its leader Rahul Gandhi was now spreading a fake narrative that minorities are unsafe in India. Rijiju said Muslims must not become the vote bank of the Congress as it was damaging the nation as well as the community itself.
"As the in charge of the Minority Affairs Ministry, I want to clarify certain things. During its regime, the Congress reduced the Minority Affairs Ministry to a Muslim Affairs Ministry.
We are trying to change that impression. Our government is working equally for all minorities in the country.
It is committed to the national interest," he said.
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