»‘Shah Must Clarify Stand on CAA, Says Bengal BJP MP as He Eyes Matua Votes Ahead of Polls
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‘Shah Must Clarify Stand on CAA, Says Bengal BJP MP as He Eyes Matua Votes Ahead of Polls
Union Home MInister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata in the wee hours of Saturday for his Bengal rally.
Thakur, who won the Bongaon seat while riding the wave of ‘BJP’s citizenship promise’ to the Matua community, is now in an odd situation over the delay in the implementation of CAA in Bengal.
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Kolkata: Shantanu Thakur, BJP MP from Bengal’s Bongaon, has asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah to clarify Centre’s stand on the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the state.
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Ahead of Bengal Elections, Why Is BJP Softening Its Stance on CAA?Â
While the last polls propelled BJP as the principal opposition to the ruling TMC, the BJP is now focusing on winning the upcoming assembly polls and ending Mamata s 10-year-rule in West Bengal.
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Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party, which championed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), is now downplaying the implementation of CAA and has virtually dropped the NRC five months ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Bengal.
While interacting with the media, after the completion of a two-day visit in West Bengal, home minister Amit Shah said: âRules for CAA are yet to be framed. Because of coronavirus, the exercise on CAA cannot take place. When the vaccination process starts and we manage to break the cycle of the coronavirus, we will think about it.â