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Binapani Devi Thakur, Matua community matriarch who was popularly known as ‘Boro Ma’ (elder mother), died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 100. Matuas are a religious refugee community from Bangladesh. Binapani suffered a multi-organ failure and breathed her last at 8.52 pm at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata. She had been shifted to the hospital on Sunday due to an acute lung infection and high fever.
Matua votes in Nadia, North 24 Parganas crucial in next phase
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The Matua population will have a major influence in the poll outcome in the Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts, where voting is scheduled for April 22.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit to Orakandi in Bangladesh, home minister Amit Shah s address to the Matua community in Bongaon on the Citizenship law and the selection of a candidate from the influential Matua Thakurbari family are careful strategic moves by the BJP to sway Mamata Banerjee s hold over the Matua vote bank in Bengal.
The Matua population will have a major influence in the poll outcome in the Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts, where voting is scheduled for April 22.