Mumbai: On Saturday Maharashtras, Minister of Tourism and Protocol Aaditya Thackeray questioned the BJPs campaign in schools to teach students about the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. A day after a couple of BJP leaders visited schools in the Mumbai Matunga area, the young Shiv Sena leader tweeted to spread awareness and correct misinformation about the law that sparked protest across the country. Also, Aaditya Thackeray suggested what the Bharatiya Janata Party or any other political leader should do to help educate the students. It is ridiculous to campaign abt an Act in schools. What is the need for justification for such political campaigning, if there is no ill intent? Schools ‘ politicization must not be accepted. When politicians want to talk about gender equality, helmets, cleanliness in classrooms! The leader of Shiv Sena tweeted. The BJP is pulling out all stops to dissipate concerns about CAA’s provisions and has launched a door-to-door campaign to reach out to three crore families to clarify perceptions of the act. The Shiv Sena had supported the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha but took a sharp U-turn in the Rajya Sabha by abstaining from voting for the new law when it was introduced in Parliament last December.
