Will contact over 3 cr families, hold rallies in every dist over next 10 days
Against the backdrop of countrywide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the BJP on Saturday announced a massive public outreach to expose the “lies” being spread by Opposition parties and apprise the people of the details about the legislation. The BJP will contact over three crore families and hold rallies in every district over the next 10 days.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by BJP working president JP Nadda and convened to formulate the party’s strategy over the issue amid protests in various parts of the country against the Act and the proposed creation of a National Register of Citizens.
Party general secretary Bhupender Yadav told reporters that the BJP will organise rallies in every district and hold over 250 Press conferences across the country to inform masses about the new law.
The new law seeks to give citizenship to minorities from three neighbouring countries, who arrived in India before December 2014 due to religious persecution. He also accused Opposition parties, especially the Congress, of spreading misinformation in a bid to disturb peace across the country during recent protests which have claimed several lives. Yadav said the party will also involve beneficiaries of the amended law in its information campaign about the statute.