Slamming Home Minister Amit Shah for holding it responsible for India's partition on religious grounds, the Congress on Tuesday advised him to take history lessons and asserted the roots of the two-nation theory were laid by the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League. Shah had blamed the Congress for partition on religious lines while introducing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said Shah's statement in the House was completely "baseless" and accused him of lying to the people.

"These people whether it was Hindu Mahasabha or Muslim League ran the government when the Congress leaders were in jail during the struggle for independence. There is a historic relationship between the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League because one kind of communalism needs another kind of communalism to survive. "That is why I urge the home minister to research Indian history properly and not twist facts of history while presenting them in front of the people," he said.