Aap chronology samajhiye, says HM Amit Shah as he hits out at Congress

NEW DELHI: Lashing out at the opposition Congress and international organisations for alleging surveillance on politicians, journalists and others, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday such “obstructers” and “disrupters” were only aiming to humiliate India at the world stage.

Asserting that they will not be able to derail India’s development trajectory with their conspiracies, Shah, in a hard-hitting statement, said, “People have often associated this phrase with me in lighter vein but today I want to seriously say – the timing of the selective leaks, the disruptions… Aap Chronology Samajhiye!” The home minister said those against India’s progress are peddling the same old narratives about the country.

“This is a report by the disrupters for the obstructers. Disrupters are global organisations that do not like India to progress. Obstructers are political players in India who do not want India to progress. People of India are very good at understanding this chronology and connection,” he said.

Shah questioned the timing of the “selective leaks” on the eve of the Monsoon session and said they have been amplified by a few whose only aim is to do whatever is possible to humiliate India on the world stage.

“To see the rudderless Congress, jump on to this bandwagon is not unexpected. They have a good past experience in trampling over democracy and with their own house not in order, they are now trying to derail anything progressive that comes up in Parliament,” he said.

Shah’s reaction came after the Congress demanded his sacking and a probe into the alleged phone-tapping of prominent personalities in the country using Israeli Pegasus spyware and demanded an independent judicial or parliamentary committee probe.