Aiming to gather public support on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a Twitter outreach campaign using the hashtag '#IndiaSupportsCAA' and reiterated that the law was not meant to deprive anyone of their citizenship. Share & show your support for CAA..," Modi tweeted. #IndiaSupportsCAA because CAA is about giving citizenship to persecuted refugees & not about taking anyone’s citizenship away. He also calls out the misinformation by vested interest groups," said the PM. #IndiaSupportsCAA https://t.co/97CW4EQZ7Z — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 30, 2019The citizenship law promises citizenship to "illegal immigrants" belonging to minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who fled religious persecution in the three countries.

Source: dna December 30, 2019 07:41 UTC