Calling Bangladeshis termites 'despicable' attack that 'dehumanises people': Amit Shah slammed for statement

People took to Twitter to blast BJP President Amit Shah for his statements drawing parallels between Bangladeshi migrants and termites, saying that it drew paralls to the Third Reich, where the Nazis used a similar term to describe Jews.

Equating Bangladeshi migrants with termites, BJP president Amit Shah said on Saturday that the each and every infiltrator will be struck off the electoral rolls.

Referring to the draft National Register of Citizens recently published in Assam, he said, "The BJP government brought NRC and prima facie identified nearly 40 lakh illegal immigrants. The BJP government will throw out each and every infiltrator."

Here's how people reacted:

Calling Bangladeshis "termites" is a despicable attack that dehumanizes people much as Hitler did to Jews. Think of the message this sends to one of India's few remaining friends in our neighborhood. Shame on you @amitshah. You bring disrepute to India! https://t.co/d5DPHWkSuV

— Salman Anees Soz (@SalmanSoz) September 22, 2018

In a chilling speech ⁦@AmitShah⁩ calls migrants "termites" when even the ⁦@RSSorg⁩ is embarrassed by the Modi, Shah duo. What next in the Sangh parivar? https://t.co/PzjsKU3cYw

— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) September 23, 2018

India's Ruling Party President describes Bangladeshis as Termites - Are you still surprised why Bangladesh prefers China over India? https://t.co/gVYdGyEFYr

— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) September 22, 2018

I do have problem with termites and also illegal immigration but cannot term this towards fellow humans .Also wonder how these statements will affect our bilateral ties with the friendly Sheikh Hasina govt . https://t.co/r9Okflmwy1

— Pradyot_Tripura (@PradyotManikya) September 23, 2018

TERMITES. You know before Amit Shah the last time living-breathing human beings were referred to as pests ?
Adolf Hitler called the Jewish population of Germany as ‘Vermin’ and made an argument to exterminate them. https://t.co/v8cAlHFT72

— Arfa Khanum Sherwani (@khanumarfa) September 23, 2018

Bangladeshi are human being,amit shah have no write to call them termites for his political gain, who is stopping him from driving away, such words shows his mindset are no better then termites,vote out bjp

— Dr. Ranu Begum (@ranumini) September 23, 2018

There are 500,000 Indians are working illegally in Bangladesh. If Bangladeshis in India are termites, what shall you call Indians in Bangladesh? Just for your info: Per capita income (in $ terms) in Bangladesh is now growing at nearly thrice the pace of income growth in India. https://t.co/LeVEa1SluW

— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) September 22, 2018

The Bharatiya Janata Party chief was in Rajasthan earlier this month as well as his party and the Congress gear up for the Assembly elections by the year-end.

The BJP government in Rajasthan is like the unshakeable 'Angad ka Paon', he said referring to a character in Ramayana whose foot even Ravana could not move.

The Congress cannot do any good for the country as that party has neither a leader nor a policy, he said.

Calling Rahul Gandhi Rahul Baba, Shah said while he is demanding an account of the work done by the BJP, the people want him to tell them what the four generations of his own family have done.

He said Rajasthan was a `Bimaru' state during the Congress rule but Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had worked to bring in progress.

He said both the central and the state governments had initiated development projects.