Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Muslim community members in Gorakhpur on Sunday to dispel doubts about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said the move was in line with India's tradition of giving shelter to persecuted people.
Adityanath's deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, who took part in a similar drive in Moradabad, hit out at the opposition parties, saying they were trying to misguide the public against the citizenship law to create unrest in the state.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday launched a 10-day nationwide campaign in support of the law.
In his home turf Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Adityanath walked