Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the gathering during the inauguration of Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati. (PTI photo)

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah On Sunday he accused the Congress of “defaming” India after he attacked the opposition party over his youth wing’s shirtless protest at the AI ​​Impact Summit in New Delhi last month. Shah claimed this Rahul GandhiThe Congress MP and leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha has “started opposing India” in his opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. “By stripping at the AI ​​summit, Congress has tried to defame the country. We were also in the opposition, but there is room for this. You made the summit a platform for personal politics, while the entire world had gathered to see India and invest in India,” he said at a rally in Guwahati. He said that instead of apologizing, Gandhi called the protesting Youth Congress workers “lion-hearted”, a stance he described as “irresponsible”. Shah challenged the Congress to strongly oppose the BJP, but criticized its performance for “undermining the prospects of Indian youth on the global stage”. The senior BJP leader commented, “He (Gandhi) is defaming India and its democracy before the world. You can oppose us with all your might, but you run away in Parliament. When the world sees the youth power of India, you are undermining their prospects. The people of India will not forgive you.”Shah praised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for making the state “self-reliant” in healthcare. The Home Minister said, “He (Sarma) wants Assam to become a state where no patient has to go out for treatment. Patients who earlier used to go to Chennai, Mumbai, Karnataka and Delhi for cancer treatment will now get care closer to home.” Shah inaugurated the newly constructed Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital and Golaghat and Tinsukia Cancer Centers in Guwahati. He virtually laid the foundation stone of super-speciality hospitals at Diphu, Jorhat and Barpeta Medical Colleges and Hospitals as well as Swasthya Bhavan and Abhaypuri District Hospital. The Election Commission of India will announce the schedule of Assam Assembly elections at 4 pm. The BJP has been in power here since 2016, when it first came to power in the state.