POTA was repealed for vote bank politics: Amit Shah

July 15, 2019 17:25

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the decision of UPA government to repeal POTA in 2004 was a mistake and was taken for the sake of "vote bank politics", which led to rise in the incidents of terrorism between 2004 and 2008.Intervening in the debate on the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Shah said that BJP government had no intention to misuse the amendments being proposed to strengthen the NIA.

"It (POTA) was repealed to save the vote bank politics. It was helpful in protecting the borders of the country," he said.He said that the decision to repeal the POTA, taken by the first UPA government in its first Cabinet meeting, was a "political decision".

Shah said the opposition members can do their politics but should not use the parliament for this.Home Minister Shah, who faced some interruptions from opposition members, said the decision to repeal POTA was wrong and the view was also shared by security agencies.

- ANI

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