In an attempt to change the narrative amongst Christians on the Citizenship Amendment Act, BJP President JP Nadda met around 15 pastors of the Christian community in Delhi along with BJP Vice President Dushyant Gautam and Tom Vadakkan on Monday evening at his Motilal Nehru Marg residence. However, all those who met the BJP President expressed their displeasure with the Citizenship Amendment Act.

To warm up the priests to him, Nadda spoke about his time at the convent school St Xavier’s in Patna and reminisced about his time with the Jesuit priests who run the school. Then, Nadda said that the CAA was only to ensure that citizenship is granted to persecuted people from across the border. He said he wanted to clarify and change the misinformation spreading on the Act and that he wanted to ensure the priests understood it. BJP had also considered Christian persecution in these countries and that is why the community was also included, Nadda added.