But this government is mysteriously unable to communicate its case simply and effectively. Why can’t it explain clearly to Indian Muslims that they are not affected in any way, that their immediate reaction of being seen as second-class citizens is purely emotional, that they are being manipulated, and here are the answers to all their CAA doubts? Why does the government not publicize the dishonesty of anti-CAA politicians? Why does it not tell the stories of those who escaped horrors in our three Muslim-majority neighbours to find a safe haven in India? Why can’t it highlight the shocking rapes, forced conversions and murders of Hindus and Christians going on in Pakistan? Can’t it convey to the Dalits of India that most of the Hindu migrants whom the CAA will rescue are Dalits? And, finally, why didn’t it have its communication strategy in place before passing the law, after which it has had to use Section 144 and shut down mobile data services even in parts of our capital, when anyone could have anticipated the resistance, from the lies to the riots? How could the government allow the CAA discourse to get so easily hijacked?