Piyush Goyal says ‘citizen from Mizoram’ happy with Citizenship Act, but he’s actually a BJP member
The man in the video is the Bharatiya Janata Party member Hriata Chhangte.
A citizen from Mizoram is overjoyed to discover that Modi Government is taking utmost care to preserve the linguistic, cultural & social identity of the North Eastern tribals, along with protecting the persecuted religious minorities of the neighbouring countries. #CAB2019 pic.twitter.com/SgPHEasJWk
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) December 12, 2019
Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal recently posted a video on Twitter in which a person is seen to be singing praises of the Citizenship Act. The video was recorded on December 10, a day after the Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha. In the description of the video, Goyal refers to the man as a “citizen from Mizoram”.
“I was thrilled to understand that the central government is taking so much care about north-eastern tribals and also the fact that they are making special provisions for the north-eastern region,” the person in the video said.
However, there is a catch here. The man who features in the video shared by Goyal is no ordinary “citizen from Mizoram” but Bharatiya Janata Party member Hriata Chhangte. He fought the elections as an Independent candidate and joined the BJP later on. This was pointed out by Twitter handle @Mizohican.
A "citizen from Mizoram" 😁😁😅😅 Well, technically you are correct, sir, he is indeed a citizen of Mizoram, but it would have been more informative had you also mentioned that he's a BJP member, and also the MP candidate with the second-lowest vote count in the last election 😬 https://t.co/vYacAZLetn
— Kima (@Mizohican) December 14, 2019
Correction and clarification: An earlier version of this report wrongly referred to Hriata Chhangte as an MP. The error has been corrected.
