Attacking Congress, the home minister said India became the fastest growing economy in the world in just 55 months under PM Modi, which he said is the "truth" accepted by economists across the world.

As the Citizenship Bill brings about a huge discontent resulting in protest across the north-eastern states, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has decided to meet the chief ministers of these states "very soon".

He was interacting with mediapersons after inaugurating the administrative building, residential block and officers' mess at the SSB sector headquarters.

The 20-member manifesto committee has several Union Ministers in it, including Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitharaman, Thaawarchand Gehlot, Piyush Goyal and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. 

"The purpose is that the migrants facing persecution anywhere in the country can apply for Indian citizenship. After that they can live in any state of the country like an Indian citizen," the Minister said.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari will head a committee which will reach out to social and volunteer organisations while his Cabinet colleague Sushma Swaraj will head a group that will produce literature for the polls, it added.

As Kerala continued to witness incidents of violence, Governor Justice P Sathasivam on Saturday briefed the Centre about the law and order situation in the southern state.

Jammu and Kashmir was last month placed under President's rule, six months after the BJP pulled out of Mehbooba Mufti-led government and the state was put under Governor's rule.

The home minister also informed the Lok Sabha that there was no other option left with the Governor but to recommend President’s Rule in the state as no party or alliance staked claim to form government.

"India is the only country in the world where people from various prominent religions co-exist peacefully... They have contributed in making India empowered, self-reliant and prosperous and will continue to do so," he added.

With Hindutva organisations ramping up pressure on the government to bring a law to build Ram temple in Ayodhya, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday asked BJP lawmakers to be patient on the issue.

Singh said Gandhi should come to the House and apologise before the nation for his allegations.

He also pointed out the Congress-led grand alliance was heading to a "huge defeat" in Telangana, where the TRS appears set to retain to power with a big majority.

Earlier at an election rally in Bansur, he alleged it was because of the Congress, which ruled India for 55 years, that the nation was in the list poor countries and claimed the party had deceived the people.

He added that Jammu and Kashmir was not an issue as it was an integral part of the country.

Under the Congress rule from 1993-2003, agricultural grown rate of the state was three per cent, which has now soared to 20 per cent, while the per capita income has risen to Rs 80,000 from Rs 15,000, the Union minister said. 

Gone are the days when the governments in the country used to raise a white flag whenever troops from Pakistan launched attacks in violation of ceasefire, said the home minister.

Campaigning for the BJP for the November 28 polls, he accused the Congress of engaging in divisive politics.

Rajnath said the BJP wants Ram temple to be built in a conducive environment. However, he added that everyone should wait for the Supreme Court verdict over the decades-long contentious issue.

The Congress leader requested Singh to provide Sidhu the cover bereft of political differences and rivalries.