Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday launched the Greeh Sampark Abhiyan at Totu, a suburb of Shimla town, to educate and sensitise people regarding Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
The Chief Minister presented pamphlets and booklets regarding the Act to the shopkeepers and general public and also explained that the Act is no way against the Indian minorities.
He explained the general public that the Act is aimed at providing citizenship and is not there to withdraw the citizenship of any citizen of the country.
Later, while interacting with the mediapersons, the Chief Minister said that the Act only intended to help minority communities facing religious persecution in the three neighbouring countries Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and would not take away anyone's citizenship and is in no way against any community or sect.
Thakur said that opposition leaders are making a futile attempt to mislead the people on this issue in order to gain political mileage.
The Act is in no way against any citizen of the country belonging to any religion or sect.
The opposition is trying to intimidate the minorities of India by misleading them by terming this Act as anti-minorities, he added.
Chairman Kailash Federation and President district BJP Ravi Mehta, Political Advisor to the Chief Minister Trilok Jamwal, BJP leader Dr. Pramod Sharma, councillors of Shimla Municipal Corporation Vivek Sharma and Kiran Bawa were present on the occasion among others.