Matua community attacked in Bangladesh : BJP MP Shantanu Thakur writes to PM Modi, urges him to intervene
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Poll verdict in Matua bastions crucial for BJP before CAA implementation
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Last Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 12:07 PM IST
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Matuas, who make for a large chunk of the state s Scheduled Caste population, had been migrating to West Bengal since the 1950s, primarily due to religious persecution in erstwhile East Pakistan and then Bangladesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Shantanu Ji and other members of the Matua community, in Orakandi
With citizenship for refugees having emerged as one of the poll planks of the BJP in its battle for Bengal, Matua bastions and the verdict they present this election will prove to be a test case for the party that had been weighing the pros and cons before implementing a new law enacted for the purpose.
Bengal elections: Poll verdict in Matua bastions crucial for BJP before CAA implementation
Assembly seats in the Matua strongholds of Bongaon and Krishnanagar, close to the India-Bangladesh border, are set to go to polls in the sixth phase of elections, on April 22.
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Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP State President Dilip Ghosh seen eating lunch with a Matua family at their residence at Gouanganagar in Kolkata. (File Photo | PTI) By PTI
BONGAON/KRISHNANAGAR: With citizenship for refugees having emerged as one of the poll planks of the BJP in its battle for Bengal, Matua bastions and the verdict they present this election will prove to be a test case for the party that had been weighing the pros and cons before implementing a new law enacted for the purpose.
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.
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