The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to start a week-long signature campaign in support of Citizenship (Amendment) Act during which party workers will contact people at the booth level to apprise them of the legislation and get their signatures in support of it.
The campaign will start from Tuesday and continue till January 14.
BJP state general secretary and in-charge of the campaign, Salil Bishnoi, said that party leaders would go with documents to each booth and interact with the people.
“They will tell people about the lies being spread by opposition parties and how the new Act will benefit those who have been persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries,” he said.
“The leaders will get in touch with at least 50 families in each booth and get their signature in support of the CAA. Leaders of all the frontal outfits like students, women and farmers will take part in this campaign,” Bishnoi added. .
The BJP has chalked out a detailed programme and party leaders are likely to have 16,642 interactions in which they will get in touch with around 42 lakh people.
“The leaders will stress on the sole point that the CAA will not take away citizenship of any person. In fact, it is meant to give citizenship to the people,” Bishnoi said.