Senior BJP leaders, including chief ministers of other states, Union ministers and ministers in UP government, would participate in ‘padyatras’ and address rallies in different regions over the next week, educating people about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) to dispel the “canards being spread by opposition leaders.”
State BJP president Swatandra Dev Singh will lead the meeting in Unnao, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Saharanpur, Deputy CM, Keshav Prasad Maurya in Aligarh, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma in Rae Bareli, Union minister Ratanlal Kataria in Hapur, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in Bulandshahr and Krishna Pal Gurjar in Shamli.
In a review meeting held in Lucknow on Tuesday, Singh said that the CAA did not take away any one’s citizenship and instead, provided citizenship to a section of society persecuted in Muslim-dominated neighbouring countries.
“Opposition parties are spreading lies to make Muslims feel scared in the name of CAA. They are saying that Muslims will be thrown out of the country but this claim is absurd. Through these drives, canards being spread by opposition parties will be countered,” Singh said.
The BJP leader said that besides political leaders, literatteurs and members of civil society would also take part in the ‘padyatras’.