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Several mass contact meetings mark launch of BJP’s 10-day nationwide drive to mobilise support for CAA

admin January 5, 2020 National

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a campaign to mobilise support for the CAA. The drive aims to expose the opposition parties and to apprise the people of details about the legislation. The government has reiterated that no Indian citizen of any religion or any region will be adversely impacted by the Citizenship Amendment Act.

BJP President and Home Minister Amit Shah today joined the ten-day mass contact drive of the party, at Lajpat Nagar in Delhi. Speaking at a separate event in Delhi, Shah accused the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party and other parties of misleading people on the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act resulting in violence across the country.

Mr. Shah said, the recent attack on Nankana Sahib gurudwara in Pakistan stressed the importance of the Citizenship Act to provide relief to the religiously persecuted minorities in the neighbouring country. He reiterated that this legislation has nothing to do with the citizenship of the minorities in India.

In Uttar Pradesh, the party has started the massive outreach campaign in all 75 districts. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath began the campaign with meeting Hazi Chaudhari Kaif-ul- Wara, a local resident in Gorakhpur. He also participated in a seminar of intelligentsia in Gorakhpur University.

Senior BJP leader and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has accused the Congress of doing appeasement politics and creating confusion among people over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Ms Sitharaman was addressing a press conference in Jaipur today.

Ms Sitaraman said, it is not the first time a provision was made to give citizenship to refugees. She said, even before, previous governments have given citizenship to refugees when needed.
Senior BJP leader and  Union Minister Santosh Gangwar today said that the Citizenship Amendment Act will not be used to harass any section of the society but help persecuted minorities of three neighbouring countries get Indian citizenship. Mr Gangwar was addressing a press conference in Raipur today as a part of the awareness campaign launched by BJP in support of CAA.

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today said that the Citizenship Amendment Act is a historic step taken by Prime Minister Narender Modi. The Minister was addressing a press conference at Haldwani in Nainital district of Uttarakhand.

Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste has said that people need not worry about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). Mr Kulaste was speaking at Kendrapara district in Odisha where the BJP held a public awareness campaign in support of CAA.

Several Union Ministers and BJP leaders are taking part in this door to door campaign in different parts of the country. During the campaign, party leaders and workers will reach out to three crore families to garner support for the CAA.

As part of its programme, the BJP has launched a toll-free number 8866288662 for people to give missed calls to register their endorsement of the law.

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