School children in Gujarat are being asked to write letters of support on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). They were earlier made to send postcards of support on Triple Talaq.

While Gujarat Government officials have denied having issued any such instruction, they are said to have been orally communicated by local level BJP functionaries.

Schoolchildren are being asked to copy a text written on the blackboard in classrooms. A letter in circulation by anonymous sources (see pic) asks each school to ensure that at least 50 postcards in ‘neat handwriting’ be sent to the PMO.

While BJP leaders in Gujarat are shying away from joining the debate on CAA, NPR and NRIC, an unofficial ban seems to be in force on protests against the Government’s contentious and controversial moves on citizenship.