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This story is from January 23, 2020

VHP to help persecuted minorities in preparing documents to prove citizenship

VHP to help persecuted minorities in preparing documents to prove citizenship
LUCKNOW: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has decided to throw its weight behind the BJP which has unleashed its top ranks, including home minister Amit Shah and newly appointed party president JP Nadda, to campaign in favour of the new citizenship law.
Speaking to TOI, VHP international working president Alok Kumar said that the VHP cadres will soon fan out across the country and help people in getting their requisite papers completed, besides getting them verified by the competent authorities.

"The parishad cadres will go to every village, every household to ensure that all those who require Indian citizenship get it," Kumar said. He said that a special focus will be on West Bengal which has reported a substantial number of migrants from the neighboring countries including Bangladesh and Myanmar. "We would ensure that all persecuted minority in the neighbouring countries are being given their due in India," he said. “Our cadres are all geared up to launch a campaign in favour of the CAA,” Kumar said.
A senior VHP leader said that the decision to lend support to the CAA was taken at the meeting of Margdarshak Mandal meeting of seers which is being organised by the VHP in Prayagraj. VHP going into an overdrive comes after parishad international president justice (retired) VS Kokje said that the protest against the law was going on without any base.
The VHP stance vis-a-vis citizenship law comes amid the nation-wide protest against the CAA, with the Congress ruled states deciding not to implement the citizenship law. Sources said that the VHP also plans to hold camps in the non-BJP ruled states for providing the citizenship to the migrants. “The law has been passed by Parliament and ratified by the President. So, no state government can refuse to implement the law,” said a senior VHP functionary.
VHP sources said that that the right wing body plans to work in tandem with the BJP in carrying out a pro-CAA outreach programme to counter the opposition narrative about the law being anti-Muslim and anti-poor. “A lot of migrants are Dalits who are seeking to get an Indian citizenship,” a VHP leader said.
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