Addressing Lok Sabha, Home Minister Amit Shah said, "In 1986, Dawood Ibrahim fled...country, who was in power then? Congress...Tiger Memon and Anees Ibrahim Kaskar fled, again under Congress rule." "Riyaz Bhatkal...and Iqbal Kaskar escaped...Congress was ruling then too," Shah added. "It’s time Rahul Gandhi answers, how and why did these people flee when your party was in power?" he stated.