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Kolkata: Bengal BJP is anticipating a message from the occasion’s nationwide president JP Nadda on the difficulty of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) throughout his go to to Nadia district, a stronghold of Matuas, a Hindu spiritual sect comprising refugees from Bangladesh, on January 19.
Nadda will tackle a rally in Bethuadahari and the management of the saffron camp in Bengal is hopeful that he’ll give a roadmap for CAA’s implementation.
The BJP made inroads in Matua strongholds each within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2021 Assembly polls. Implementation of the CAA was the promise that the BJP made in current earlier elections to woo Matua electorates.
“I have not yet talked to the party’s high command about Nadda ji’s rally. I will request our leadership in Delhi to clear the confusion over the issue of implementation of the CAA,” mentioned BJP MP from Ranaghat.
A BJP chief mentioned he’s anticipating a transparent message on the CAA as a part of Nadda’s rally within the Matua-dominated district. “Matuas extended support in both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections only because of our promise to give them citizenship by implementing the CAA. Now if we do not give them a deadline to implement the act, retaining the vote bank will be difficult for us,” he mentioned.
The BJP leaders in Kolkata mentioned that if Nadda delivers a message on CAA, the mercury in Bengal politics will begin hovering up earlier than the panchayat elections.
“Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly opposed CAA and she on several occasions announced that her government and party would not allow the implementation of the CAA in Bengal. Despite her strong opposition, Naddaji should mention about CAA in his speech otherwise our party will face a debacle in the rural polls in many pockets in Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts,” mentioned a BJP chief.
Bengal had witnessed large-scale violent protests after the contentious Act handed within the Parliament. BJP’s elected legislators and MPs additionally expressed their discontent when the Centre most popular to stay silent on the difficulty of CAA’s implementation.
Nadda was additionally scheduled to handle one other rally in Hooghly’s Arambagh, which isn’t a Matua stronghold, however the occasion’s excessive command cancelled. “Since the party wanted its national president to give more time in a Matua-dominated district, we are quite hopeful about CAA in Bengal,” mentioned one other BJP chief.
Kolkata: Bengal BJP is anticipating a message from the occasion’s nationwide president JP Nadda on the difficulty of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) throughout his go to to Nadia district, a stronghold of Matuas, a Hindu spiritual sect comprising refugees from Bangladesh, on January 19.
Nadda will tackle a rally in Bethuadahari and the management of the saffron camp in Bengal is hopeful that he’ll give a roadmap for CAA’s implementation.
The BJP made inroads in Matua strongholds each within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2021 Assembly polls. Implementation of the CAA was the promise that the BJP made in current earlier elections to woo Matua electorates.
“I have not yet talked to the party’s high command about Nadda ji’s rally. I will request our leadership in Delhi to clear the confusion over the issue of implementation of the CAA,” mentioned BJP MP from Ranaghat.
A BJP chief mentioned he’s anticipating a transparent message on the CAA as a part of Nadda’s rally within the Matua-dominated district. “Matuas extended support in both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections only because of our promise to give them citizenship by implementing the CAA. Now if we do not give them a deadline to implement the act, retaining the vote bank will be difficult for us,” he mentioned.
The BJP leaders in Kolkata mentioned that if Nadda delivers a message on CAA, the mercury in Bengal politics will begin hovering up earlier than the panchayat elections.
“Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly opposed CAA and she on several occasions announced that her government and party would not allow the implementation of the CAA in Bengal. Despite her strong opposition, Naddaji should mention about CAA in his speech otherwise our party will face a debacle in the rural polls in many pockets in Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts,” mentioned a BJP chief.
Bengal had witnessed large-scale violent protests after the contentious Act handed within the Parliament. BJP’s elected legislators and MPs additionally expressed their discontent when the Centre most popular to stay silent on the difficulty of CAA’s implementation.
Nadda was additionally scheduled to handle one other rally in Hooghly’s Arambagh, which isn’t a Matua stronghold, however the occasion’s excessive command cancelled. “Since the party wanted its national president to give more time in a Matua-dominated district, we are quite hopeful about CAA in Bengal,” mentioned one other BJP chief.
