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Scheduled Caste religious group with origins in Bangladesh is grappling with identity politics On April 14, B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J.P. Nadda held a road show in Bongaon town. The BJP, for which religious and sub-religious identities have emerged as the most crucial tool of the 2021 campaign in the West Bengal Assembly polls, the date and the place were well chosen. Since the past two years, Bongaon, a sub-division in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district bordering Bangladesh, is witnessing a new identity politics around the Matua sect, a Scheduled Caste religious group with origins in Bangladesh. ....
Bengal: Local Issues, Candidate Choice and Polarisation Will Determine Who Wins North 24 Parganas In the 2016 assembly elections, the TMC swept this district by winning 27 seats. What has change since? Politics8 hours ago Kolkata: North 24 Parganas district, adjoining Kolkata, is the largest district of West Bengal with 33 assembly constituencies. This district will play a key role in determining which party will form government in the state. In the 2016 assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept this district by winning 27 seats. The Congress and the Left won three each. However, by 2019, a lot of political changes took place in the district, which led to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning two out of five Lok Sabha seats or leading in 12 out of 33 assembly segments. ....
Bengal s Matuas Are Caught Between BJP s Identity Politics and the Citizenship Concern In the meantime, a section of Namashudras feel that Matuas are being disproportionately focused upon, leading to a vacuum when it comes to the larger community s demands. Matuas have significant presence in four parliamentary seats in West Bengal, making them one of the biggest vote banks in the state. Photo: Himadri Ghosh Rights20 hours ago Thakurbari:Â Deepak Das came to Thakurbari from Habra, on the eve of the birth centenary of Harichand Thakur, founder of a Hindu sect known as the Matuas. When asked about what he thought of the Bengal assembly election, Das simply smiled. ....
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