India News: Bongaon, a critical Lok Sabha constituency on the India-Bangladesh border, witnesses a quiet period before polling. The Matua community, dominant with
India News: Bongaon, a critical Lok Sabha constituency on the India-Bangladesh border, witnesses a quiet period before polling. The Matua community, dominant with
Centre’s delay in rolling out the Citizenship Amendment Act has given the All India Matua Mahasangh, which is led by BJP MP Santanu Thakur, an opportunity to pile pressure on the BJP and ask Union home minister Amit Shah to field at least 30 Matua candidates in the districts of North 24-Parganas and Nadia in the Assembly polls.
Shah will be in Thakurnagar on Thursday.
“We will ask Amit Shah to field Matua candidates in Assembly segments where our community dominates the electorate. There are almost 80 Assembly seats that have a large Matua presence but in at least 30 of those seats in North 24-Parganas and Nadia, we constitute over 60 per cent of the electorate. In these 30 seats ,we will demand that the BJP nominate candidates from the Matua community,” said a senior leader of the Mahasangh.
CAA delay a blow to BJP s Matua outreach The All India Matua Mahasangh is hopeful that confusion will end when Amit Shah speaks at Thakurnagar next week
The decision of a parliamentary committee on subordinate legislation to grant the ministry of home affairs extension till April 9 to frame the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, rules has put the BJP in a fix as the party tries hard to assuage the sentiments of the Matuas who have been showing signs of restlessness over the delay in rolling out the citizenship matrix.
To contain the adverse political consequences of further delay that the extension will cause, the BJP-aligned All India Matua Mahasangh has written to the Union home ministry seeking its view on the delay while increasing its coordination with at least 36 refugee organisations to decide the future course of action.
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