DVS to launch Jan Jagaran campaign in B'luru today

Bengaluru: Union minister DV Sadanand Gowda will launch a door-to-door ‘Jan Jagaran’ campaign to create awareness on Citizenship Amendment Act in Bengaluru on Sunday.

The campaign is been organized by the Bharatiya Janata Party to counter the protests against it by a section of people supported by opposition parties like the Congress.

The ruling party will also hold mega rallies and public meetings in major cities like Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hubballi, Belagavi, Bellary and Kalaburagi across the state and enlighten the people on the benefits of the CAA.

Meanwhile, a blood donation camp has been organised at Bannerghatta road as part of anti-CAA protest. Protest under the banner of ‘Engineers Against CAA’ will be held at Town Hall at 1 PM.

The CAA came into being after Parliament passed its amendment bill on December 11 and the President enacted it into law to give citizenship rights to Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Christians, Buddhists and Jains who have been persecuted as minorities in Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan over the last seven decades.