Kolkata: BJP national working president JP Nadda started off a massive rally on the streets of Kolkata in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act today.

The march also witnessed the participation of West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh, national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and party leader Locket Chatterjee.

The 4.5-kilometre march was undertaken to counter the ongoing agitation against the controversial law.

Meanwhile, student groups and Trinamool Congress activists continued protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act in other parts of the city.