New Delhi, Dec 11 (TIWN): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah ahead of the tabling of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in the Rajya Sabha or Upper House of Parliament on Wednesday.

“The CAB is a attempt by Modi-Shah Govt to ethnically cleanse the North East. It is a criminal attack on the North East, their way of life and the idea of India,” Gandhi said on Twitter. “I stand in solidarity with the people of the North East and am at their service,” he added.

The central government will table the bill on the floor of Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and is confident that it will be passed by the House. The BJP is banking on the support of parties like All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), YSR Congress Party and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) which are not part of the BJP-led Nadtional Democratic Alliance (NDA). Though there is a flip-flop from the BJP’s former ally Shiv Sena, and division within Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)], the BJP says it is not worried.