On Saturday, the BJP announced the revised citizenship law with a significant program, as the party is gearing up to support the controversial law amid widespread protests against it.
Party general secretary Bhupendra Yadav told reporters that within the next ten days, the BJP would contact more than three crore families, Will hold a rally in every district, and conduct and inform more than 250 press conferences across the country to expose the ‘lies’ of opposition parties. Public about the new law.
The announcement came after a meeting chaired by BJP acting president JP Nadda. It was attended by the party’s national officials and some organizational leaders of the states.
Nadda asked party leaders to work to unleash a “conspiracy” among the Congress, Trinamool Congress, and others to advance their violence and hate politics.
PM Narendra Modi said that Congress is doing the politics of “appeasement” on this issue, and its language is like Pakistan. Yadav accused the opposition parties, especially the Congress, of disturbing the peace in the country and spreading confusion about the law and said that the law has communicated. A new sense of hope and security to the minorities of three countries living in India without citizenship for decades.
The BJP said that the amended law called religion divisive and discriminatory by the opposition to make it the basis of citizenship. Minorities from three neighboring countries arrived in India before December 2014 due to religious persecution and tried to grant them citizenship.
The ongoing protests have led many to claim that the law, along with the NRC, would discriminate against Muslim citizens, a charge dismissed by the government.
Yadavs said Some opposition parties, especially the Congress, are indulging in the politics of lies and rumors. The opposition is creating panic in the country by their myths and tales. We will expose them and expose the truth.
He said that the party would also include the beneficiaries of the amended law in its information campaign about the law. Asked about the allegation that the National Register for Citizens (NRC) discriminates against Muslims, Yadav said it was a false lie.
He said This is a complete lie spread by the Congress. We will expose it by communicating with the people. We will hold a press conference on this issue in more than 250 places in the country, and we will explain the politics of lies will finish. He also reminded the Congress that Pakistani Hindus, who were living in Gujarat and Rajasthan, were given Indian citizenship when they were in power.
PM Narendra Modi said that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had also spoken in support of minorities from Bangladesh, he said, ask the Congress whether it would seek a response from its senior leader. When asked about the NRC issue, Yadav said that it is an administrative issue. There should be no confusion about this. It is about the registration of Indian citizens.
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