BJP began a ten-day mass contact drive nationwide from today to mobilise support for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath began the mass contact programme with meeting Hazi Chaudhari Kaif-ul- Wara, a local resident in Gorakhpur.
BJP president and Home Minister Amit Shah will join the drive in Delhi, while party working president JP Nadda will start the drive in Ghaziabad.
Several Union Ministers and BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari will also take part in this door to door campaign in different parts of the country.
BJP General Secretary Anil Jain said that the party leaders and workers will contact 3 crore families to rally support for the CAA.
As part of its programme, the BJP has launched a toll-free number 8866288662 for people to give missed calls to register their endorsement of the law.
—AIR