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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 | Matuas grappling with identity politics


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. ....

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Election watch from across the Bengal border


Election watch from across the Bengal border
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April 19, 2021 01:14 IST
Bangladesh waits to see whether the poll result in West Bengal impacts its identity as an inclusive, progressive society
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Bangladesh waits to see whether the poll result in West Bengal impacts its identity as an inclusive, progressive society
As the high-profile contest in India’s State elections in West Bengal is under way, Bangladeshis are curious onlookers not only because of the geographic proximity and strong socio-cultural ties between the two Bengals but also on account of the ramifications the electoral outcome may have on India-Bangladesh relations. ....

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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Narendra Modi and Amit Shah misleading Matuas, says Mamata Banerjee


Mamata Banerjee on Friday asserted yet again that members of the Matua community were very much Indian citizens and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of misleading the community.
The chief minister also questioned Modi’s recent visit to Orakandi a holy site for Matuas, now in Bangladesh.
“Every time (prior to this) Narendra Modi was invited to Bangladesh, he called me, knowing that (Bangladesh Prime Minister) Sheikh Hasina loves me. I accompanied him in the interest of bilateral relationship though I don’t like him,” she said.
“But this time he went to Bangladesh silently, without informing me. It was politically motivated. He did not go there as a mark of true love for Bangladesh..It was to woo the Matuas,” she added. “I will visit Bangladesh alone the next time, not to do any politics.” ....

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