CAA Row : BJP to Launch Campaign Strategy to Counter TMC

Kolkata: The saffron party has decided to launch a campaign blitzkrieg in West Bengal to counter the TMC’s “misinformation programmes” regarding Citizenship Amendment Act and reach out to refugees.

The West Bengal BJP had hoped that that the new citizenship law would be its “political trump card” ahead of the 2021 assembly polls.

But an aggressive campaign against the CAA by the Trinamool Congress and other opposition parties and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s declaration not to implement the CAA in the state has put the BJP on the back foot.

Apart from launching state-wide campaign against the new legislation, Banerjee has participated in six protest marches and three rallies in various parts of the state.

In contrast, the saffron party has organised only one mega march in the city, led by party’s national working president J P Nadda, and rallies by the state president to counter the anti-CAA protests led by the chief minister.

According to state BJP, a blueprint of Bengal-specific programmes and campaigns has been prepared to reach out to the masses and allay fears and misinformation campaign about the The act.