Sex-chat, free Netflix: Fake promises to gain support for CAA
New Delhi: Recently, BJP shared a number for the public to show support for the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. On 3rd January 2020, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah also tweeted the number. Appealing to the people, he wrote that those who support the step taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give justice and rights to minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who have entered India should give miscall on phone number 8866288662.
मैं सभी देशवासियों से अपील करता हूँ कि प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी द्वारा पाकिस्तान, बांग्लादेश और अफगानिस्तान से आए अल्पसंख्यकों को न्याय व अधिकार देने वाले CAA पर अपना समर्थन देने के लिए 8866288662 पर missed call दें।#IndiaSupportsCAA pic.twitter.com/BYPuoU2oIN
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) January 3, 2020
However, this number is being made viral by luring people with fake offers.
Some of Twitterati have posted the number with false promises of sex-chat or free Netflix subscription etc.
BJP, the ruling party in India launched a missed call campaign, asking people to call 8866288662 & show their support to the CAA 2019
— Adarsh Singh (@adarsh_singh_) January 4, 2020
This is how it's being propagated on Social media
This is how BJP works
This is how PROPAGANDA works
#99535_88585_AgainstCAA
1/1 pic.twitter.com/4z9N2eeey0
This is not the first time when right-wing ideologues have spread wrong information either to spread hatred or to create unrest among the society.
Earlier, many such ideologues are found spreading photos and videos to create rifts among society.
